English: Wild black currant; American black currant; Eastern black currant.
Region: North America; Canada, northern United States, New England to Washington, Coloradom, New Mexico; introduced to northern China.
Habitat: many types of forests, conifer bogs; in marshes, sedge meadows; on plains, in mountains, sometimes in disturbed areas, roadsides; shade-tolerant, growing in the understory of closed-canopy woodlands and forests.
BotanyShrub; growing; 50 to 150 cm tall; may form thickets.
Stem: branches erect.
Leaves: deciduous; glandular; up to 8 cm long; with 3 or 5 lobes; red and gold in the fall; no spines.
Inflorescence: spreading or drooping raceme; 15 flowers.
Flower: sepals reflexed white or greenish, few millimeters long; petals smaller, whitish.
Fruit: smooth,rounded, black berry; 1 cm wide.
Use: fruit edible when cooked.
Reproduction: mostly by seed.