Grossulariaceae FAMILY

Ribes oxyacanthoides

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ribes oxyacanthoides is a spiny, deciduous shrub with erect or spreading stems; it can grow 30 - 200cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeN. America - Alaska to Newfoundland, south to Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Nebraska and Michegan

HabitatRock outcrops, gravelly streamsides and lakeshores, open forests, rocky slopes, sandy islands, raised beach ridges, coastal sand dunes; 200 - 1,900 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. Moist thickets and riverbanks[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. Prairies and canyons[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ].