5 of 6 native Currants are exhibited in the Gardens: Maple Leaf, the Stink, Wax, Trailing Black, Red Flowering, and Red Currant. The Gardens have but 1 Red Currant (trieste) & 100s of the Red Flowering Currents. A 7th Currant could be added, the Golden, that also grows
by Kiosk 12. If you look closely at the Herbaria records you will find it in 1 other, west of the Cascades’ crest location – the University of Washington campus (we don’t know what that proves). All 7 Current species are not of much concern for extinction. All have PLC’s sponsored WWU SAM extinction probability as slight, <.0001%. All bring color to the countryside in the Spring and Autumn.
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Ribes
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-09.pdf
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes%20acerifolium
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes%20aureum
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes%20bracteosum
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes%20cereum
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes%20sanguineum
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes%20laxiflorum
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ribes%20triste
Which color do our native currants not come in:
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