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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 8 taxa in the family Grossulariaceae, Currant family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Skunk Currant, Mountain Currant
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes glandulosum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes glandulosum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes glandulosum 094-02-001 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Look for it in periglacial boulderfields, high elevation seeps, spruce-fir forests
Uncommon, but locally abundant
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Roundleaf Gooseberry, Appalachian Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes rotundifolium FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes rotundifolium FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes rotundifolium 094-02-002 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Look for it on moist slopes, balds, boulderfields, rocky forests, mostly at high elevations south of VA
Common in NC, rare in SC, endemic to the Appalachians
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Miccosukee Gooseberry, Spiny Gooseberry, Florida Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes echinellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes echinellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes echinellum 094-02-003 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Look for it in mesic, nutrient-rich forests
Rare, known only from McCormick Co, SC, and Jefferson Co, FL
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name:
Prickly Gooseberry, Dogberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes cynosbati FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes cynosbati FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ribes cynosbati 094-02-004 FAMILY: Saxifragaceae
Look for it in moist slopes, periglacial boulderfields, grassy balds, mostly at high elevations
Common
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Wild Black Currant, American Black Currant
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes americanum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes americanum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Look for it in moist forests, marl marshes
Rare
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Granite Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ribes curvatum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes curvatum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Look for it in rocky upland forests
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Northern Gooseberry
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ribes hirtellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes hirtellum FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Look for it in rocky forests
Native north of the Carolinas
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Common Name: Bristly Black Currant, Spiny Swamp Currant
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ribes lacustre FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ribes lacustre FAMILY: Grossulariaceae
Look for it in forests, acid swamps
Native north of the Carolinas
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