Golden Currant (Ribes aureum Pursh)
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↑Range - Expand
Legend | Color |
Native | |
Expanded | |
Native or Not Present | |
Native or Expanded | |
Expanded or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
This plant is widely grown in gardens, and it can escape into the wild with the aid of its bird-distributed fruits. It is able to colonize disturbed sites, including areas along roads and railroads, and fencerows. It has widely established east of its native range as the result of humans creating more of these open, disturbed habitats. We mark the new range expanded as the new range is contiguous with the native range and separated only by short distances. This plant remains uncommon in most of the new portions of its range.
↑Links & External Resources
• Golden Currant | Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) (About This Site)
• Ribes aureum (Golden Currant) | Illinois Wildflowers (About This Site)
• Ribes aureum (golden currant) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Ribes aureum | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Ribes aureum (Buffalo Currant) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Golden Currant | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Ribes aureum | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Ribes aureum | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Ribes aureum | Flora of North America (About This Site)
• Golden Currant | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)