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fremont-sinema forest, oregon ... ribes cereum is a species of currant known by the common name wax currant. It is native to western North America, including British Columbia, Alberta, and much of the western United States, from Washington, Oregon, and California east as far as the western Dakotas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. Ribes cereum grows in several types of habitat, including mountain forests in alpine climates, sagebrush, and woodlands. It can grow in many types of soils, including sandy soils and soil made of clay substrates, serpentine soils, and lava beds. It is aromatic, with a "spicy" scent. The inflorescence is a clustered raceme of 2 to 9 flowers. The small flower is tubular with the white to pink sepals curling open at the tips to form a corolla-like structure. Inside there are minute white or pinkish petals, five stamens, and a two protruding green styles. The fruit is a rather tasteless red berry up to a centimeter wide, with a characteristically long, dried flower remnant at the end. The Zuni people use the berries of the pedicellare variety as food, and eat the leaves with uncooked mutton fat or deer fat. The berries are somewhat toxic and have an unpleasant flavor. The ripe fruits are sometimes good, and can be made into jam or pie fillings.

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