Mount Adam's Gooseberry, Spiny Gooseberry, Spring Gooseberry, Watson Gooseberry, Watson's Gooseberry
Ribes watsonianum
Synonym: Grossularia watsoniana
Watson's gooseberry as seen along Rd
6000 on the southeastern side of Mt. Adams (~3800')........May 22, 2005.
The photo above shows a close-up of the spiny fruit of spiny
currant as seen in the forest just north of the DNR rock quarry abreast the
ridgetop separating the Dairy and Cougar Creek drainages.........June
11, 2005.
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Spiny currant as seen along the Eightmile Loop Trail near Perry Point, Mount Hood National Forest............May 17, 2015.
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Spiny currant as seen along the Steamboat Mountain Trail #14, Steamboat Mountain RNA, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.........August 25, 2016.
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Spiny currant as seen along the Ironstone Trail #1141 near the junction with the Burnt Mountain Trail #1140, William O. Douglas Wilderness.........July 25, 2015.
Paul Slichter