Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aronia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Black Chokeberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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
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
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-003:
Sorbus melanocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus melanocarpa
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it on balds, forests, openings & exposed rock outcrops at high elevations, bogs in the Mountains, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
...Variable
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 p237
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p084
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p073
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p312
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p38
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p272
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p065