Eastern Prickly Gooseberry

Ribes cynosbati L. - Currant family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 5.0 feet

Plant Type: Shrub

Features

Flower Color: White

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Tolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Eastern Prickly Gooseberry: Antheraea polyphemus polyphemus, Macaria bitactata, Macaria ribearia, Macaria subcessaria, Malacosoma californica fragilis, Semiothisa pervolata

Native Range

USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
CAN: New Brunswick, Ontario, Québec

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.