Missouri Gooseberry
Ribes missouriense
Found in dry to moist upland forests and woodlands, riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, old fields, fencerows. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you
Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 82%
- Height
- 3–6 feet
- Spread
- 2–4 feet
- Light
- Part shade
- Soil moisture
- Average
Space about 3 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 11 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count
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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source
Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Woody perennial
- Leaves
- Deciduous
Not yet recorded · Bloom
Recorded in 1 West Virginia county.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.
Streams, rivers and their banks
Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Who uses this plant?
76CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV
Genus host records with ranges including WV · Ribes
- Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
- Acronicta impressaImpressive Dagger, Printed Dagger
- Alcathoe caudataClematis Borer, Clematis Clearwing Moth
- Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
- Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
- Apamea amputatrixYellow-Headed Cutworm Moth
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
- Automeris ioIo Moth
- Biston betulariaSalt-and-Pepper Geometer, Cleft-Headed Looper
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- Campaea perlataPale Beauty, Fringed Looper
- Carposina fernaldanaCurrant Fruitworm Moth
- Cepphis armatariaScallop Moth
- Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
- Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
- Clepsis persicanaWhite Triangle Tortrix
- Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
- Dichorda iridariaShowy Emerald
- Dysstroma citrataDark Marbled Carpet
- Dysstroma hersiliataOrange-Barred Carpet
- Dysstroma truncataMarbled Carpet
- Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
- Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
- Eulithis propulsataCurrant Eulithis
- Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
- Eupsilia tristigmataThree-Spotted Sallow, Brown Fruitworm
- Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
- Euxoa messoriaReaper Dart, Darksided Cutworm, Dark-Sided Cutworm
- Hesperumia sulphurariaSulphur Moth
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
- Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
- Hyppa xylinoidesCommon Hyppa
- Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
- Iridopsis humariaSmall Purplish Gray
- Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
- Lambdina fiscellariaHemlock Looper, Western Oak Looper
- Limenitis arthemisBanded Purple, Red-Spotted Admiral
- Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
- Lithophane baileyiBailey's Pinion
- Lophocampa maculataSpotted Tussock Moth, Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth
- Macaria evagariaDrab Angle
- Macaria ribeariaCurrant Spanworm Moth, Currant-Worm Moth
- Macaria subcessariaBarred Angle, Barred Granite
- Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
- Melanchra adjunctaHitched Arches
- Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
- Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
- Nymphalis milbertiMilbert's Tortoise Shell, Fire-Rim Tortoise Shell
- Olethreutes appendiceumServiceberry Leafroller
- Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
- Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
- Orthosia rubescensRuby Quaker
- Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
- Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
- Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
- Polia nimbosaStormy Arches
- Polygonia progneGray Comma
- Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
- Protoboarmia porcelariaPorcelain Gray, Dashedlined Looper
- Pseudopostega quadristrigellaGooseberry Barkminer
- Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
- Selenia alcipheariaNorthern Selenia, Northern Thorn
- Sicya maculariaSharp-Lined Yellow
- Sideridis roseaThe Rosewing
- Spaelotis clandestinaClandestine Dart, W-Marked Cutworm
- Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
- Spiramater lutraDarling Mamestra, Splashed Arches, Otter Spiramater, Otter Arches
- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Xanthotype sospetaCrocus Geometer
- Xanthotype urticariaFalse Crocus Geometer
- Xestia c-nigrumSpotted Cut-Worm, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Lesser Black-letter Dart
- Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
- Xylena nuperaRed Swordgrass Moth, American Swordgrass Moth, False Armyworm
- Carposina ottawana
- Herpetogramma aquilonalis
11BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Ribes
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
12BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Ribes
- Alectoris chukarChukar
- Aphelocoma californicaCalifornia Scrub-Jay
- Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
- Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
- Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
- Sialia currucoidesMountain Bluebird
- Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
- Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
- Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
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- Vireo griseusWhite-eyed Vireo
- Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Hardiness
- Zones 4–7
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Flower color
- White or green
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “White or green” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Hardiness · “Zones 4–7” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Height · “3–6 feet” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- Leaves · “Deciduous” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Woody perennial” · Minnesota Wildflowers
- Light · “Part shade” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (ranked first; Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder differs)
- Soil · “Medium” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
- Soil pH · “Neutral” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Spread · “2–4 feet” · Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
Conservation status
| West Virginia rank | S1 |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| WV status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- NatureServe Explorer
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- West Virginia occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications