North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Grossulariaceae > Ribes (gooseberry, currant)
	Appalachian Gooseberry (Ribes rotundifolium) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Fairly common in North Carolina in high elevation habitats including moist slopes and various rocky soils.
	Appalachian Gooseberry (Ribes rotundifolium) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Note glabrous/glaucous fruits (above) and fairly round leaves.
	Appalachian Gooseberry (Ribes rotundifolium) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 Gooseberries are usually well armed.
	Appalachian Gooseberry (Ribes rotundifolium) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008

Skunk Currant (Ribes glandulosum) Graham Co., NC 28 April 2006 Uncommonly distributed at higher elevations in the NC mountains.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.