
#816 most planted
Ribes
Currant · also Gooseberry
428
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
4
cities
3.9 in
median trunk (10 cm, 394 measured)
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Ribes is a genus of flowering plants primarily found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Many species are cultivated for their edible fruits and ornamental value. However, Ribes can host white pine blister rust, a fungal disease detrimental to five-needle pines.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 3890.07%—3.9 in
- 230.05%8.8 yr—
- 110.00%——
- 50.00%—0.4 in
Traits
- Soil
- Loamy
- Blooms
- May, Jun
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.9 in, mean 3.9 in, 90th percentile 3.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands
- Kuh Rud and Eastern Iran montane woodlands
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
Other Ribes in the catalogue
4 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.