§1 Plant
Ribes aureum Pursh
vernacular golden currant — species · Grossulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Grossulariaceae DC.
- Genus
- Ribes
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 448 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- High
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–20 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–8
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 10 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 10 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 268,545
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 448 counties across 26 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Alamosa 08003
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Custer 08027
- Delta 08029
- Dolores 08033
- Douglas 08035
- Eagle 08037
- El Paso 08041
- Huerfano 08055
- Jefferson 08059
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Blanco 08103
- Rio Grande 08105
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Teller 08119
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Bureau 17011
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- Madison 17119
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Mercer 17131
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Sangamon 17167
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Washington 17189
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Kansas view state ↗ 83 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Greenwood 20073
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morton 20129
- Neosho 20133
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Washington 20201
- Wichita 20203
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Golden Valley 30037
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Arthur 31005
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Garden 31069
- Gosper 31073
- Hayes 31085
- Hooker 31091
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Nemaha 31127
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Rock 31149
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 14 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Blaine 40011
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Custer 40039
- Dewey 40043
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Kiowa 40075
- Major 40093
- McClain 40087
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Roger Mills 40129
- Texas 40139
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Woodward 40153
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bennett 46007
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Fall River 46047
- Faulk 46049
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Jackson 46071
- Jones 46075
- Lawrence 46081
- Lyman 46085
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Spink 46115
- Todd 46121
- Union 46127
- Ziebach 46137
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RIAU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2986111 ↗Record version
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