Plant Data Sheet
Stinky currant / Ribes bracteosum
Range
Climate, Elevation
Moist to wet locations, low to subalpine elevations (2)
Local occurrence
Stream banks, floodplains, shorelines, thickets, avalanche tracks (3)
Habitat preferences
Moist forests (1)
Plant strategy type/successional stage
Seral stages, dappled shade
Associated species
Rubus spectablis, Rubus parviflorus, Sambucus racemosa, Vaccinium spp., Alnus rubra, Acer macrophyllum, Tsuga heterophylla and Pseudotsuga menziesii
Collection
restrictions or guidelines
Flowers in May (4), sown soon as it is ripe in the autumn in a cold frame (4)
Seed germination
3 months cold stratification at 2 – 5º C (4)
Vegetative
regeneration
Cuttings (4)
Seed life
Under “normal” storage conditions, can be viable for 17
years or more (4)
Recommended seed
storage conditions
Cold storage
Propagation
recommendations
For seedlings, put seedlings into individual pots, grow in a cold frame for first winter, plant out in late spring of following year. For cuttings, 10-15 cm. of mature wood of current year’s growth, preferably with a heel of previous year’s growth, November to February in a cold frame or sheltered bed outdoors (4)
Soil or medium
requirements
Installation form
Containerized plants from seed or cuttings
Recommended planting
density
Care requirements after installed (water weekly, water once etc.)
Should be planted in moist soil
(1) Tuason, T.
2003. Central
(2) Turner, S. 2001. Washington State Department of Transportation. Environmental Affairs, Ribes bracteosum. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/environmental/programs/culres/ethbot/q-s/Ribes.htm
(3) Pojar, J. and MacKinnon, A.
1994. Plants of the
(4) Fern,
K. 1999.
Plants for a Future. Ribes bracteosum. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/cgi-bin/pfaf/arr_html?Ribes+bracteosum&CAN=LATIND
Data compiled by: Lizbeth Seebacher