...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aronia arbutifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia pyrifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-002a:
Sorbus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus arbutifolia
COMMON NAME:
Red Chokeberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arar7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_arar7_008_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aronia_arbutifolia_2
January
Red, rather dry or mealy fruits, w pubescent stems, may persist into winter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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Will Stuart wil_8460833699_3212ba57bc
March Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
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JK Marlow jkm0504n_03
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Flowers in compound corymbs, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm060423_026
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aronia_arbutifolia
April
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JK Marlow jkm160504_386
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
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JK Marlow jkm160504_387
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
Petals w crinkly margins subtend stamens tipped w pinkish-red anthers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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JK Marlow jkm160504_389
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
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JK Marlow jkm120628_352
June Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaves densely pubescent beneath, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s031018_a
October Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaf margin crenate, leaf base cuneate to obtuse, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_10526835324
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Pocosin neighbors: Aronia arbutifolia (red) and Ilex coriacea (black)