Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa
Rosaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Native to the Finger Lakes Region, MA to FL, West to MN, Oh, AR and TX
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Houston and Grossman Ponds, McLean Bogs, Eames Bog, Salt Road Fen, Ringwood Ponds, South Hill Swamp
Source of plant
Princeton Nurseries, Bill Dilger, Cornell Botanic Gardens
Description
Similar to A. arbutifolia except the leaves and stems are glabrous and the fruit is blackish-purple. Plantsreach 3' to 5' in height (to 10') and tends to sucker profusely thus forming large colonies. Fall color canbe a good wine-red, and the purplish-black, 1/3" to 1/2" diameter fruits are handsome.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
fruiting characteristics, fall color
Status
L3|S5|G5