Currant leaf
On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This article is about currant leaf genus of flower plant. For the commune in southern France, see Ribes, Ardèche. For the region in Catalonia, see Vall de Ribes.
200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Ribes species are medium shrublike plants with marked diversity in strikingly diverse flowers and fruit. They have either palmately lobed or compound leaves, and some have thorns. Ribes is the single genus in the Saxifragales family Grossulariaceae. Some authors continued to treat Hesperia and Lobbia as subgenera. Early molecular studies suggested that subgenus Grossularia was actually embedded within subgenus Ribes. There are around 200 species of Ribes.
Ribes is widely distributed through the Northern Hemisphere, and also extending south in the mountainous areas of South America. Species can be found in meadows or near streams. Currants are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. The genus Ribes includes the edible currants: blackcurrant, redcurrant and white currant, as well as the European gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa and several hybrid varieties. The genus also includes the group of ornamental plants collectively known as the flowering currants, for instance R. There are restrictions on growing some Ribes species in some U.
Shipment, transport, or propagation of all other Ribes species require a permit. All other Ribes species prohibited in certain counties and towns. Other species of Ribes require a permit, with the caveat that permits shall not issue for a list of municipalities that cover most of the Commonwealth. Other species of Ribes and Grossularia require a permit in the blister rust control area, which includes the entirety of the Upper Peninsula and the northern and western portions of the Lower Peninsula. Possession or movement of all Ribes and Grossularia species is prohibited in certain municipalities in Sussex, Passaic and Morris Counties. Grossularia and Ribes other than R. All Ribes species are prohibited in nine counties of the Adirondack Mountains, and in many townships in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
Cronartium ribicola, the white pine blister rust, may be grown wherever other Ribes species are permitted. The North Carolina Forest Service maintains an active eradication program for Ribes in the western part of the state. Possession, transport, planting, propagation, sale or offering for sale of R. Cultivars known to be immune to Cronartium ribicola, the white pine blister rust, are exempt. The law does not prohibit other Ribes species. Therefore, all Ribes can be grown in the state. Other Ribes species require permits to transport or plant and are forbidden in some municipalities, or within 900 feet of a stand of five-leaved pines one acre or more in extent or a nursery cultivating five-leaved pines.
