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Ribes aureum Pursh var. villosum A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Buffalo Currant, Golden Currant. Phenology: (Feb-) Apr-Jun. Habitat: Calcareous bluffs and glades, also disturbed areas, meadows. Distribution: MA, ON, MN, ND, and MT south to MD, TN, AR, TX, and NM; the original eastward extent unclear because of occasional cultivation and naturalization. It is reported as occurring as a native species as far east as Montgomery County in nc. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA8, Il, K4, NcTx, NE, NY, Tn; = n/a — Tat; = Ribes odoratum H.L.Wendl. — C, F, G, GrPl, Mi, Mo3, Pa, S13, Tx, WV. Basionym: Ribes aureum Pursh var. villosum DC. 1828

Links to other floras: = Ribes aureum var. villosum - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (name change)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACU (name change)
  • Midwest: FAC (name change)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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