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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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arme6_001_lvd

        

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_arme6_004_lhd

        

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_phme13_001_lvd

        

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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).

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm120505_099

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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).

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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).

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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).

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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).

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_a_melanocarpa_rb_1

May        

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm230609_3914

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm230609_3923

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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).

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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).

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm150814_777

August    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Aronia melanocarpa, Black Chokeberry

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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1442

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)

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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

 

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