common name synonyms: dogberry, dogbramble, pasture gooseberry, prickly gooseberry, eastern prickly gooseberry

scientific name synonyms: var. atrox Fern., var. glabratum Fern., var. inerme (Rehd.) Bailey, R. gracile Michx., R. huronense Rydb., Grossularia cynosbati (L.) P. Mill.

subclass: Dicotyledoneae

superorder: Rosidae

order: Rosales

growth form: shrub

life history: perennial

level of invasiveness: benign

weedy in native range: No

noxious weed in the u.s.: No

type of introduction: Intentional

number of vectors: 1.0

introduced range: Europe

native range: North America

invasiveness notes: benign