Ribes quercetorum - Oak gooseberry

Oak gooseberry (Ribes quercetorum) is a spiny deciduous shrub native to California oak woodland in western North America, its fruit edible raw or cooked.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Ribes spp. - Currant
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Ribes quercetorum | 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 ↩