genus
Currant
Ribes
Field notes
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- Red-flowering Currant native
- Golden Currant native
- Wax Currant native
- Prickly Gooseberry native
- Red Currant introduced
- Swamp Currant native
- European Gooseberry introduced
- Fuchsiaflower Gooseberry native
- American Black Currant native
- Blackcurrant present
- Sierra Gooseberry native
- Missouri Gooseberry native
- Mountain Currant introduced
- Skunk Currant native
- Chaparral Currant native
- Stink Currant native
- Mountain Pink Currant native
- Canadian Gooseberry native
- Mountain Gooseberry native
- Hillside Gooseberry native
- Northern Redcurrant native
- Sticky Currant native
- White-flowering Currant native
- Downy Currant
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Vines
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native currant All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Swamp Currant
Ribes lacustre
caterpillars
67
bees
1
hosts
4
food
11
flowers
42
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Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
caterpillars
61
bees
2
hosts
4
food
17
flowers
73
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Red-flowering Currant
Ribes sanguineum
caterpillars
58
bees
2
hosts
3
food
14
flowers
52
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Northern Redcurrant
Ribes triste
caterpillars
55
bees
1
hosts
2
food
9
flowers
40
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American Black Currant
Ribes americanum
caterpillars
53
bees
1
hosts
3
food
10
flowers
53
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Northern Black Currant
Ribes hudsonianum
caterpillars
52
bees
1
hosts
4
food
11
flowers
40
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Santa Catalina Island Currant
Ribes viburnifolium
caterpillars
52
bees
2
hosts
3
food
8
flowers
37
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Canadian Gooseberry
Ribes oxyacanthoides
caterpillars
49
bees
1
hosts
3
food
10
flowers
41
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Trailing Blackcurrant
Ribes laxiflorum
caterpillars
44
bees
2
hosts
4
food
8
flowers
28
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Wax Currant
Ribes cereum
caterpillars
44
bees
1
hosts
4
food
10
flowers
71
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White-stemmed Gooseberry
Ribes inerme
caterpillars
44
bees
1
hosts
4
food
8
flowers
33
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Sticky Currant
Ribes viscosissimum
caterpillars
43
bees
1
hosts
4
food
7
flowers
28
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Mountain Gooseberry
Ribes montigenum
caterpillars
41
bees
2
hosts
4
food
8
flowers
31
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Skunk Currant
Ribes glandulosum
caterpillars
41
hosts
1
food
10
flowers
28
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Prickly Gooseberry
Ribes cynosbati
caterpillars
40
hosts
1
food
9
flowers
57