American Black Currant

Ribes americanum Mill.

Currant family

Plant Type
Shrub
Life Cycle
Perennial
Height
6.0 feet
Flower Color
White, Yellow, Green
Bloom Time
Mid Spring, Late Spring

Growing Conditions

Sunlight Tolerant

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Host Alcathoe caudata, Fishia evelina, Hyalophora cecropia, Macaria subcessaria, Nematocampa limbata, Nematocampa resistaria, Stretchia plusiiformis

Native Range

  • CAN:  Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
  • USA:  Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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