Participant Info

Species

Ribes montigenum

Family

Grossulariaceae

CommonName

mountain gooseberry, red prickly currant

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2014

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos

Counties

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

Passes

Cumbres, Elwood, Grayback, Music, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, Hunters Lake 2 July 2014

Comments

In the Watershed mountain gooseberry is the most commonly collected currant in the tundra and subalpine, found in all mountain regions except the south Sawatch Range. It grows in all USA states west of the Great Plains, and is present in the Rio Grande drainage mountains of New Mexico down to Otero Co (but no farther down stream).

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