Ribes echinellum Jonas Meyer in country that bakes by

in country that bakes by day and chills hard at night

tomentella is a striking

usually from root rot

on the neutral to slightly alkaline side

so site away from where children or livestock might graze

Ribes echinellum Jonas Meyer in country that bakes byMiccosukee gooseberry is one of the rarest shrubs in the Southeast, a federally threatened native known from just two places on earth: a single site in McCormick County, South Carolina, and another in Jefferson County, Florida. The low, arching shrub, two to four feet tall, carries spiny branches and forms small thickets on shaded hardwood forest hillsides, and small, long petaled, creamy flowers hang from the branches in their season, followed by