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Saxifragaceae  ¦  Ribes  ¦  Ribes aureum  ¦  02062

Label

Accession No. 02062 
Family Saxifragaceae 
Species Ribes aureum Pursh
Common name "golden currant"
Collector Information C. Crowder  (s.n.)  01 September 1995
Geography United States,  Utah, Utah County
Lat./Long. 40°  23' 1" N, 112°  18 ' 57" W
Township/Range T5S, R4W, Sec. 17 
Locality West Desert. 
Ecology cool desert shrub, some mountain brush. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Ribes aureum Pursh

Common Name(s): golden currant.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=24452, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Rosales
                                Family: Grossulariaceae
                                    Genus: Ribes
                                        Species: Ribes aureum
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 02062s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 00207s1.jpg 
00207
 specimen image: 00419s1.jpg 
00419
 specimen image: 01339s1.jpg 
01339
 specimen image: 01875s1.jpg 
01875
specimen image: 02150s1.jpg 
02150
 specimen image: 02266s1.jpg 
02266
 specimen image: 03085s1.jpg 
03085
 specimen image: 06668s1.jpg 
06668
specimen image: 06720s1.jpg 
06720
 specimen image: 06953s1.jpg 
06953
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07862
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12381
specimen image: 13284s1.jpg 
13284
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13344

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
02058 Artemisia tridentata  var. tridentata   "Great Basin sagebrush, big sagebrush" same section
02065 Chrysothamnus nauseosus  var. salicifolius   "willowleaf rubber rabbitbrush" same section
02064 Ephedra viridis  var. viridis   "green ephedra" same section
02061 Gutierrezia sarothrae      "common snakeweed" same section
02063 Juniperus osteosperma      "Utah juniper" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Dry Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 0.9 mi. SE   Stockton 
Queen of the Hills Mine (Mine) Tooele County, UT 1.7 mi. E 8396  Stockton 
Bates Ranch (Locale) Tooele County, UT 2.3 mi. S 5656  Ophir 
Ophir Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 2.4 mi. S   Lowe Peak 
Jacob City (Locale) Tooele County, UT 2.1 mi. E 7858  Stockton 
Dry Mountain (Summit) Tooele County, UT 2.2 mi. E 8445  Ophir 
Bald Mountain (Summit) Tooele County, UT 2.3 mi. E 9541  Stockton 
Hidden Treasure Mine (Mine) Tooele County, UT 2.3 mi. E 8229  Stockton 
Commodore Pass (Gap) Tooele County, UT 2.6 mi. E 9354  Stockton 
Shoofly Hill (Summit) Tooele County, UT 2.6 mi. E 9354  Stockton 
Silverado Canyon (Valley) Tooele County, UT 3.3 mi. S   Mercur 
Pipe Hollow (Valley) Tooele County, UT 3.3 mi. N   Stockton 
Montana Mine (Mine) Tooele County, UT 2.9 mi. E 7008  Ophir 
Buckhorn Spring (Spring) Tooele County, UT 2.9 mi. E 9177  Stockton 
Sharp Mountain (Summit) Tooele County, UT 3 mi. E 9873  Stockton 
Lynch Ridge (Ridge) Tooele County, UT 3 mi. E 7422  Stockton 
Bowman Gulch (Valley) Tooele County, UT 3 mi. SE   Stockton 
Ophir (Populated Place) Tooele County, UT 3.2 mi. E 6434  Ophir 
Hartmann Gulch (Valley) Tooele County, UT 3.3 mi. E   Stockton 
South Fork Soldier Creek (Stream) Tooele County, UT 3.9 mi. NE   Stockton 

Links

Taxon Links for species Ribes aureum  Pursh

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Ribes+aureum

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