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Now available: Food Forest Plants for Mediterranean Conditions 350+ Perennial Plants For Mediterranean and Drier Food Forests and Permaculture Gardens. [Paperback and eBook]

This is the third in Plants For A Future's series of plant guides for food forests tailored to specific climate zones. Following volumes on temperate and tropical ecosystems, this book focuses on species suited to Mediterranean conditionsâ€”regions with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters, often facing the added challenge of climate change.

Mediterranean Food Forest Book

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Embelia ribes	False black pepper, White-flowered Embelia	Climber	15.0	10-12	F	LMH	S	M	3	4	2
Rheum ribes		Perennial	1.5	5-9		MH	SN	DM	2	0
Ribes aciculare		Shrub	1.0	3-7		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes alpinum	Alpine Currant	Shrub	1.2	2-7	M	LMH	SN	M	3	0	4
Ribes altissimum		Shrub	3.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes ambiguum		Shrub	0.6	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes americanum	American Blackcurrant	Shrub	1.8	-		LMH	SN	M	2	1
Ribes aureum	Golden Currant	Shrub	2.4	3-8	F	LMH	SN	DM	4	1	2
Ribes bracteosum	Stink Currant	Shrub	2.5	6-9		LMH	N	M	2	1
Ribes burejense	Bureja gooseberry,	Shrub	1.0	4-8		LMH	SN	M	4	0	0
Ribes californicum	Hillside Gooseberry	Shrub	0.0	6-9		LMH	N	M	2	0
Ribes cereum	Wax Currant	Shrub	1.8	4-8		LMH	N	DM	2	1
Ribes curvatum	Granite gooseberry	Shrub	1.0	6-9		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes cynosbati	Dogberry, Eastern prickly gooseberry	Shrub	1.5	0-0		LMH	SN	M	3	1	0
Ribes diacanthum	Siberian currant	Shrub	1.8	0-0		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes distans		Shrub	0.6	4-8		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes divaricatum	Coastal Black Gooseberry, Spreading gooseberry, Parish's gooseberry, Straggly gooseberry	Shrub	2.7	4-8		LMH	SN	M	4	1	2
Ribes fasciculatum		Shrub	1.5	4-8		LMH	SN	M	1	0
Ribes fragrans		Shrub	0.6	3-7		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes gayanum		Shrub	1.5	7-10		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes glaciale		Shrub	3.0	-		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes glandulosum	Skunk Currant	Shrub	0.4	-		LMH	SN	M	2	1	3
Ribes griffithii		Shrub	2.5	-		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes himalense		Shrub	2.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	3	1
Ribes hirtellum	Currant-Gooseberry, Hairystem gooseberry	Shrub	1.0	4-8		LMH	N	M	3	0	0
Ribes horridum		Shrub	1.5	-		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes hudsonianum	Hudson Bay Currant, Northern black currant, Western black currant	Shrub	1.0	0-0		LMH	SN	M	2	1
Ribes inebrians	Whisky Currant	Shrub	2.0	4-8		LMH	SN	M	2	1
Ribes inerme	Whitestem Gooseberry, Klamath gooseberry	Shrub	2.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes irriguum	Idaho Gooseberry	Shrub	3.0	-		LMH	SN	M	2	1
Ribes janczewskii		Shrub	0.0	-		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes japonicum		Shrub	0.0	6-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes lacustre	Prickly Blackcurrant, Prickly currant	Shrub	1.5	4-8		LMH	SN	M	3	1	2
Ribes latifolium		Shrub	2.0	-		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes laurifolium		Shrub	1.0	8-11	S	LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes laxiflorum	White-Flowered Currant, Trailing black currant	Shrub	0.3	4-8		LMH	SN	M	2	1
Ribes leptanthum	Trumpet Gooseberry	Shrub	1.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes lobbii	Gummy Gooseberry	Shrub	1.8	6-9		LMH	N	M	1	1	1
Ribes longiracemosum		Shrub	3.5	5-9		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes luridum		Shrub	1.0	4-8		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes magellanicum		Shrub	4.0	-		LMH	SN	M	2	1
Ribes malvaceum	Chaparral Currant	Shrub	1.5	7-10	F	LM	SN	DM	2	0	2
Ribes mandschuricum		Shrub	3.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes maximowiczii		Shrub	2.7	5-9		LMH	SN	M	4	0
Ribes maximowiczii floribundum		Shrub	2.7	5-9		LMH	SN	M	4	0
Ribes menziesii	Canyon Gooseberry	Shrub	1.8	6-9		LMH	N	M	2	0
Ribes mescalerium	Mescalero Currant	Shrub	1.5	5-8	F	LMH	SN	M	2	0	0
Ribes meyeri		Shrub	1.5	6-9		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes missouriense	Missouri Gooseberry	Shrub	2.0	4-8		LMH	SN	M	3	0	0
Ribes montigenum	Gooseberry-Currant	Shrub	0.8	5-9		LMH	N	M	3	0	0
Ribes multiflorum	Manyflower currant	Shrub	2.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes nigrum	Blackcurrant, European black currant	Shrub	1.8	4-8	F	LMH	SN	M	5	3	3
Ribes niveum	Slender Branched Gooseberry, Snow currant	Shrub	2.7	5-9		LMH	N	M	2	0
Ribes odoratum	Buffalo Currant	Shrub	2.5	4-8		LMH	SN	M	4	1
Ribes orientale		Shrub	1.8	4-8		LMH	SN	M	2	1
Ribes oxyacanthoides	American Mountain Gooseberry, Canadian gooseberry, Stream currant, Henderson's currant, Idaho go	Shrub	1.5	0-0		LMH	SN	M	3	1
Ribes palczewskii		Shrub	1.5	-		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes petiolare	Wetern Blackcurrant	Shrub	1.5	3-7		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes petraeum	Rock Red Currant, Currant	Shrub	1.8	5-9		LMH	SN	M	3	0	0
Ribes petraeum biebersteinii		Shrub	1.5	5-9		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes pinetorum	Orange Gooseberry	Shrub	0.0	5-9		LMH	N	M	3	0	0
Ribes procumbens	Trailing red currant	Shrub	0.2	3-7		LMH	SN	M	4	0
Ribes punctatum		Shrub	0.0	-		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes quercetorum	Oak Gooseberry	Shrub	1.0	7-9	F	LMH	SN	M	2	0	0
Ribes roezlii	Sierra Gooseberry	Shrub	1.5	6-9		LMH	SN	DM	2	0
Ribes rotundifolium	Appalachian Gooseberry	Shrub	1.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	3	1
Ribes rubrum	Red Currant, Cultivated currant	Shrub	1.2	4-8		LMH	SN	M	4	1	2
Ribes sachalinense		Shrub	1.0	-		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes sanguineum	Flowering Currant, Blood currant	Shrub	2.5	5-9	M	LMH	SN	M	2	0	3
Ribes sanguineum glutinosum	Flowering Currant	Shrub	2.7	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0	3
Ribes sativum	Redcurrant	Shrub	1.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	3	0
Ribes setosum	Missouri Gooseberry	Shrub	1.0	-		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes sinanense		Shrub	0.0	-		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes speciosum	Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry	Shrub	2.0	7-10	F	LM	SN	DM	1	0	3
Ribes spicatum	Nordic Currant, Currant	Shrub	2.0	3-7		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes stenocarpum		Shrub	2.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes triste	American Red Currant, Red currant	Shrub	0.5	0-0		LMH	SN	M	3	1	0
Ribes ussuriense		Shrub	0.0	-		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes uva-crispa	Gooseberry, European gooseberry	Shrub	1.2	4-8	M	LMH	SN	M	5	1	2
Ribes valdivianum		Shrub	3.5	-		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes velutinum	Desert Gooseberry	Shrub	1.2	5-8	F	LMH	SN	M	2	0	0
Ribes viburnifolium	Evergreen Currant	Shrub	2.0	8-11	F	LMH	SN	M	2	0	3
Ribes viscosissimum	Sticky Currant	Shrub	1.0	6-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes warszewiczii	Downy currant	Shrub	1.5	3-7		LMH	SN	M	4	0
Ribes wolfii	Wolf’s currant	Shrub	2.0	4-7	F	LMH	SN	M	2	0	0
Ribes x culverwellii	Jostaberry	Shrub	1.8	5-9		LMH	SN	M	5	0	0
Ribes x holosericeum		Shrub	1.5	4-8		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes x houghtonianum		Shrub	2.0	4-8		LMH	SN	M	2	0
Ribes x robustum		Shrub	0.0	5-9		LMH	SN	M	2	0

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water. Rating: 1 = Minor 5 = Great.

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