Participant Info

Species

Ribes cereum [Ribes inebrians]

Family

Grossulariaceae

CommonName

squaw currant, squaw bush, waxy currant

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1911

LatestDate

2017

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, subalpine, ruderal, urban, sanddunes

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

Cochetopa, La Manga

WildlifePreserves

Coller, Great Sand Dunes, Hot Creek, Rio Grande, Terrace Reservoir

Other Localities

La Botica, Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, rhyolite bluff just west of Del Norte 23 May 2021

Comments

All around the Watershed waxy currant is common in the foothills, especially on the west side of the Valley. As yet there are no collections from the Culebras but the plant is wide spread in the north Cristos of New Mexico. It is found in nearly every USA county west of the Great Plains except for the Pacific coastal counties—including the western Great Plains . It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico down to the Mexican border but no farther down stream.

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