This plant is an alternate host for the white pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola), the vector of a pine tree disease.
Ribes | Zanthoxylum americanum | Ribes aureum | Solanum americanum | Ribes speciosum | Ribes lobbii | Ribes alpinum | Mezium americanum | Jean-Michel Ribes | ''Cronartium ribicola'' on ''Ribes |