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§1 Plant
Ribes lacustre (Pers.) Poir.
vernacular prickly 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 183 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -62 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 8–120 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 7 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 515,800
- Propagation
- cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 183 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Adams 16003
- Benewah 16009
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Butte 16023
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Owyhee 16073
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Antrim 26009
- Baraga 26013
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Menominee 26109
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 19 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RILA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2986194 ↗Record version
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