Eastern Prickly Gooseberry

Ribes cynosbati L.

Currant family

Plant Type
Shrub
Life Cycle
Perennial
Height
5.0 feet
Flower Color
White
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 Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Macaria bitactata, Macaria ribearia, Macaria subcessaria, Malacosoma californica fragilis, Semiothisa pervolata

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec

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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