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