Question: This has baffled all of us. Vermont; grows along the ground, woody roots, woody stem. Roots are like rugosa and …
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Question
This has baffled all of us. Vermont; grows along the ground, woody roots, woody stem. Roots are like rugosa and it spreads just like that. No flowers, fruit, thorns, bristles. (But deer, mice, etc. could have eaten fruit, we see evidence of browsing by something) Maple-type leaf. We have used the simple key and either get a currant/gooseberry or nothing. But the lack of fruit/flowers baffles us.
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Dear meeyauw, your plant is a species of Ribes (currant, gooseberry) in the Grossulariaceae. I cannot tell you what species you have photographed without seeing the specimen or images of flowers/fruits. However, knowing the genus will get you started deciphering your mystery plant.
