Ribes hirtellum
hairystem gooseberry
Family GrossulariaceaeAlso called American gooseberry, wild gooseberry, swamp gooseberry
About
Ribes hirtellum, the American or wild gooseberry, is a gooseberry of Canada and the northern United States. Together with the European Ribes uva-crispa it is a parent of cultivated gooseberries.
Field notes
Distribution & habitat
Eastern North America from Alberta to Nova Scotia, south to West Virginia and west to Nebraska. Grows in fens, sedge meadows, swamps, river-bottom forests, lake and stream shores, and rocky forest openings and cliffs.
History & etymology
Cultivated gooseberries derive from this species and Ribes uva-crispa.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Canada, United States
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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