...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
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Read more about Black Chokeberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aronia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-19-003:
Sorbus melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus 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.
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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, per Weakley's Flora.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_melanocarpa_rb_1
May
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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.
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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.
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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