Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aronia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Black Chokeberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aronia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aronia melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Aronia melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Photinia melanocarpa
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Aronia melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-003:
Sorbus melanocarpa FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aronia melanocarpa
COMMON NAME:
Black Chokeberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arme6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_arme6_004_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phme13_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120505_097
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
A tall shrub of higher elevations, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm120505_099
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120505_162
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Lower surfaces of leaves glabrous, twigs, and inflorescence rachis glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2024).
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JK Marlow jkm120505_162b
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Sepals 1-2mm long, glabrous on the outside, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120505_163
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Flat-topped clusters of wonderfully fragrant flowers sporting red anthers, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm120505_164
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Flowers in compound corymbs. Petals 5-8mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_melanocarpa_rb_1
May
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JK Marlow jkm230609_3914
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm230609_3923
June Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm0308u_20
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Fruit a juicy pome, less than 1/2" long, ripening from red to shiny black, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm150814_775
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Leaves broadly elliptic, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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JK Marlow jkm150814_777
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm150814_779
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aronia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aronia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aronia melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Aronia melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Photinia melanocarpa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Aronia melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-003:
Sorbus melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus melanocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aronia melanocarpa
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Balds, forests, and openings and exposed rock outcrops at high elevations, bogs in the Mountains, seeps and headwater wetlands in the Coastal Plain and lower Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Ovary semi-inferior
Flowers in compound corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p237
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p127
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p084
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p073
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p312
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p38
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p272
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p065
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