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Ribes aureum, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
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Ribes aureum

Golden currant · also Clove currant, Pruterberry, Buffalo currant

16
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
3.9 in
median trunk (10 cm, 14 measured)

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Ribes aureum, also known as golden currant, is a flowering shrub native to North America. It is found across Canada and the western and central United States.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. Calgary · Canada
    14—3.9 in
  2. Boston · United States
    2——

No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.

Native range

Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.

Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands

  • California Central Valley grasslands
  • Central US forest-grasslands transition
  • Central Tallgrass prairie
  • Central-Southern US mixed grasslands
  • Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands
  • Nebraska Sand Hills mixed grasslands
  • Northern Shortgrass prairie
  • Northern Tallgrass prairie
  • Western shortgrass prairie

Temperate Conifer Forests

  • Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests
  • Arizona Mountains forests
  • Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
  • Central-Southern Cascades Forests
  • Colorado Rockies forests
  • Northern California coastal forests
  • Northern Rockies conifer forests
  • Sierra Nevada forests

Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests

  • New England-Acadian forests
  • Western Great Lakes forests

Other Ribes in the catalogue

4 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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