Summary ⁷

Aronia melanocarpa, called the black chokeberry, is a species of shrubs in the rose family native to eastern North America, ranging from Canada to the central United States, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south as far as Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia. This plant has been introduced and is cultivated in Europe.

Description ⁸

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: 1¼-3¾ inches long, ¾-1½ inches wide, variable shape, round-urn shaped, finely serrated with minute reddish-brown gland at tip of each tooth
• Bark: twigs red, older bark grey, smooth
• Fruit/Seed: blue/black cherry, ¼-1/2 diameter
• Height: 4-8 feet
• Flowering: May – July
• Habitat: bogs, swamps, open shrubby wetlands and forest openings

Read More ⁹

• https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/bl_chokeberry.htm
• https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=286429
• https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ARME6

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Linda N., some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aronia_melanocarpa_(491771406).jpg
2. (c) Michal Klajban, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aronia_melanocarpa,_Christchurch_Botanic_Gardens,_Canterbury,_New_Zealand_11.jpg
3. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://eol.org/media/6809847
4. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://eol.org/media/7279230
5. (c) W.carter, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aronia_leaves_on_a_rainy_autumn_day_in_Tuntorp_10.jpg
6. (c) jillllybean, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aronia_melanocarpa_(14812229919).jpg
7. Adapted by Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aronia_melanocarpa
8. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1164648
9. (c) Murfreesboro,TN, Natural Resource Division, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• Ontario Trees
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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