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§1 Plant — species · Grossulariaceae
Ribes americanum Mill.
vernacular American black currant
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Grossulariaceae DC.
- Genus
- Ribes
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -46 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 128 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.8
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 15 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 313,000
- Propagation
- cuttings
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 15 of 56 Montana counties.
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RIAM2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2986121 ↗Record version
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