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Santa Cruz gooseberry

Ribes thacherianum

Also called Santa Cruz Island Gooseberry

Santa Cruz gooseberry
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0
Family
Grossulariaceae (Grossulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
California
Climate
temperate

About

Ribes thacherianum, with the common name Santa Cruz gooseberry, or Santa Cruz Island gooseberry, is a rare North American species of currant found only on the island of Santa Cruz off the coast of California.

Where it grows

Ribes thacherianum is endemic to Santa Cruz Island, one of the northern Channel Islands of California, and within Channel Islands National Park. It grows in the pine woodlands of the coastal ravines.

Other Ribes plants

Mapleleaf currant · Ribes aciculare · Mountain Currant · Bitter gooseberry · American black currant · Golden currant · Ribes austroecuadorense · Ground gooseberry · Stink currant · Stinky Black Currant · Hillside gooseberry · Moreno currant

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ribes thacherianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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