This species was identified as a Gooseberry bush (Ribes cynosbati.), which is a common indigenous species to Minnesota.
	Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) is another species common to the oak woodlands of Minnesota.
	Currant (Ribes savitum), is a relative of the gooseberry family but while gooseberries tend to sprawl out, most currant bushes stand erect.
	In the oak woodlands, bracket fungi are common on dead trees and other decaying matter.  They leech nutrients from dead organisms and play an important role in the forest-recycling program.
	Predominant species in oak woodlands were of course Oak trees and Box Elder trees (Acer negundo). The species of oak present were Red Oaks (Quercus rubra), which made up the majority of the canopy.

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