Ribes menziesii - Canyon gooseberry

Canyon gooseberry (Ribes menziesii) is a deciduous shrub native to California, in western North America, its fruit edible raw or cooked and used for jam.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Ribes spp. - Currant
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Ribes menziesii | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩