Ribes quercetorum
Oakwoods gooseberry, Oakwoods Gooseberry
Family: Grossulariaceae · Type: shrub · Native
Oakwoods gooseberry is a California native shrub found in central and western regions including the Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, western Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and western desert edge at elevations of 40 to 1,970 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces cream-colored petals with yellow sepals in small clusters of 2 to 3 flowers. Growing with arched stems up to 1.5 meters tall and bearing nodal spines, it has a distinctive branching structure. Its leaves are small, approximately 1 to 2 centimeters wide, and covered with glandular hairs that give the foliage a distinctive texture. The fruit develops as a black, nearly smooth berry approximately 7 to 8 millimeters in size.
Habitat: Rocky slopes, oak-covered foothills, chaparral
Bloom period: Mar-May
Elevation: 40-1970 m
Bioregions: c&s SNF, Teh, SnFrB, SCoR, WTR, PR, w edge D
California counties: Kern, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, San Diego, Tulare, San Benito, Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, Riverside, Ventura, Alameda, Santa Barbara, Inyo, Sutter, Imperial, Colusa, Mariposa, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced, Contra Costa, Kings
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.