RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
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Ribes montigenum McClatchie
Grossulariaceae
A. C. Sanders
37139
2009-07-31
P. J. MacKay, Tim C. Thomas
United States, California, San Bernardino, High Meadow Springs, at the head of a canyon on S-facing slope of the ridge west of Dollar Lake Saddle and Mt. San Gorgonio, upper end of meadow; San Gorgonio Mtn. 7.5' Q.
34.1246833 -116.8667833 +-100m.
T1N R1E S34
3095 meters
10150ft.
Wet meadow with dense turf over fine dark loam held in place, despite fairly steep slopes of canyon bottom and sides, by extensive network of roots; springs feeding small streams that irrigate meadow; assoc. with grasses, Carex spp., Juncus spp., Mimulus guttatus, Rumex salicifolius, Potentilla, Trifolium wormskioldii, T. monanthum, etc.; surrounding dry slopes with lodgepole pine forest with sparse understory of Penstemon caesius, Carex rossii, etc. No woody plants in center of meadow.
Uncommon 0.7-1.2 m shrub at edge of meadow, forming local thickets 2-3 m across, branches tangled and plants dense and impenetrable. Ripe berries red and few, most still green.