Transcript Family Grossulariaceae By: Noah Berglund

Family Grossulariaceae
By: Noah Berglund
Family Grossulariaceae
• 1 Genus: Ribes, 150 species
• Found in the temperate regions of the
Northern Hemisphere
• Flowering Half-shrub, 2-3 feet tall
• Maple like leaves on short shoots
• Leaves alternate in clusters
Prickly Gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)
• Flowers are found in groups of
1-3 near the petioles of some
leaves
• All berries have prickles
• Each flower is about 1/3" long,
greenish yellow, consist of
short tubular calyx with 4-5
spreading lobes
Swamp Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum)
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The bark is grayish, twigs have
scattered bristle-like prickles that
fall with the outer bark after the
first year
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palmate leaves, 3-5 lobes, perfect
flower
Wild Black Currant (Ribes americanum)
• Leaves three to five lobes,
1¼"-3¼" wide
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• perfect flowers can be found
drooped in clusters
• Berries are 6-10mm in
diameter, smooth and black.
Swamp Red Currant (Ribes triste)
• Leaves: 3 lobed (rarely 5),
palmate venation
• Flowers - 6-15 in drooping
clusters; reddish or greenish
purple; petals about 1 mm long
• Fruit - bright red to purplish,
smooth berries, about 6 mm
across
Resources
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http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub37.htm
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http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RICY
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Pictures as seen in order
1- upload.wikimedia.org/.../Gooseberry-spring.jpg
2-wisplants.uwsp.edu/photos/RIBCYN_KKOHOUT.jpg
3-wisplants.uwsp.edu/photos/RIBHIR_PD5.jpg
4-www.epa.gov/.../restofriver/photos/ribes_ame.jpg
5- www.floraquebeca.qc.ca/.../ribes-triste.jpg