Participant Info

Species

Ribes aureum [Ribes odoratum]

Family

Grossulariaceae

CommonName

golden currant

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1896

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

basin, foothill, ruderal, urban

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Baca

Other Localities

Alamosa (town), La Botica, Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Del Norte, base of bluff by Hwy 160, 18 May 2019

Comments

In the Watershed golden currant is an occasional lower-elevation bush that for its natural habitat seems to prefer dry sandy or rocky slopes and rock faces. It has also moved into shrublands and ruderal habitats such as ditch banks and urban flood plains. It is native to all western USA states and much of the western Great Plains, and adventive on farther north and east. It follows the Rio Grande all the way to the Great Bend country of Texas.

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