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Your search found 12 taxa in the family Grossulariaceae, Currant family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia-willow
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Itea virginica FAMILY: Iteaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Itea virginica FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Itea virginica 094-01-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist forests and thickets, especially along the banks of streams
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Skunk Currant, Mountain Currant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes glandulosum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes glandulosum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes glandulosum 094-02-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Periglacial boulderfields, high elevation seeps, spruce-fir forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Wild Black Currant, American Black Currant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes americanum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes americanum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, other moist forests, marl marshes
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Bristly Black Currant, Spiny Swamp Currant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes lacustre FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes lacustre FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Forests, acid swamps
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name: Garden Red Currant, cultivated currant
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ribes rubrum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes rubrum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Persistent from cultivation and escaped to adjacent fence-rows and disturbed areas
Rare
Non-native: Europe
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Common Name:
Roundleaf Gooseberry, Appalachian Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes rotundifolium FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes rotundifolium FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes rotundifolium 094-02-002 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, balds, boulderfields, rocky forests, seepage swamps, shrub balds, mostly at high elevations south of VA
Common in NC Mountains
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name: Missouri Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ribes missouriense FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes missouriense FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, old fields, fencerows
Native: northwest of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Northern Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes hirtellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes hirtellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Rocky forests
Waif(s)
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Miccosukee Gooseberry, Spiny Gooseberry, Florida Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes echinellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes echinellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes echinellum 094-02-003 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Mesic, nutrient-rich forests
Rare, known only from McCormick Co, SC, and Jefferson Co, FL
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name:
Prickly Gooseberry, Dogberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes cynosbati FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes cynosbati FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes cynosbati 094-02-004 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Habitat: Moist slopes, periglacial boulderfields, talus, grassy balds, especially at medium to high elevations
Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Granite Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ribes curvatum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes curvatum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Rocky upland and riparian forests and woodlands, bluffs, glade margins
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Garden Gooseberry, European Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Ribes uva-crispa FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Ribes uva-crispa var. sativum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Habitat: Fencerows, disturbed areas
Waif(s)
Non-native: Europe
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