Participant Info

Species

Ribes wolfii

Family

Grossulariaceae

CommonName

Wolf’s currant

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1912

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, Culebras

Counties

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

Passes

La Manga, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Mary E. McDonald: Conejos Co, 0.25 miles S of the Conejos River 3 June 20; Kara Carragher: Conejos Co, Roarding Gulch confluence with Conejos River, 5 July 202314

Comments

Ribes wolfii is often found along streams in spruce woods, but also on steep rocky slopes. In the Watershed, this currant is largely confined to the southern San Juans, where Sharples (2017) says it is the only common Ribes, the other species being scattered, uncommon, or rare. There is one collection from the Culebras near the New Mexico border, from which point it is often collected farther south in the Cristos of New Mexico. It follows the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico down to Otero Co, but no farther down stream. The USA distribution is restricted to Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, with an isolated population in the Blue Mountains of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.

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