Ribes aureum Pursh var. villosum A.P. de Candolle. Buffalo Currant, Golden Currant. Phen: (Feb-) Apr-Jun. Hab: Calcareous bluffs and glades, also disturbed areas, meadows. Dist: 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, FNA8, Il, K1, K3, K4, NcTx, NE, NY, Tn; = n/a – Tat; = Ribes odoratum H.L.Wendl. – C, F, G, GrPl, Mi, Pa, S13, Tx, WV
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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