Stink Currant - Ribes bracteosum

Common and almost always seen on the banks of small streams, although also at meadow edges, reaching about 5000 feet. The leaves, when crushed, have a skunky odor and the berries a foul taste. Photographed (left) at Falls Creek on October 23, 2014, (center) at Falls Creek on September 9, 2016, and (right) at Laughingwater Creek on the Silver Falls Trail also on September 8, 2016.

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