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Ribes velutinum (desert gooseberry)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Ribes velutinum is a species of currant known by the common name desert gooseberry. It is native to the western United States (Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, California, and Arizona), where it grows in many types of habitat, including sagebrush, woodlands, and pine forests. Ribes velutinum var. goodingii (Gooding's gooseberry) is confined to the states of Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and California.
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Infraspecies

Ribes velutinum var. gooddingii (Gooding's gooseberry)

Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Death Valley National Park II 762125 California, Nevada, United States
Grand Canyon National Park II 1210128 Arizona, United States
Mojave and Colorado Deserts Biosphere Reserve 5901 California, United States  
Nez Perce National Historical Park V 2076 Idaho, United States
Zion National Park II 135667 Utah, United States

Predators

Tharsalea arota[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0