Aronia arbutifolia
red chokeberry
Family
Rosaceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Margin
crenate, serrate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
oblong, elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, obovate
Growth Form
shrub
Flower Color
pink, white
Flower Petals
5
Flower Month
March, April, May, September, October, November
Height (meters)
0.2 - 7.0
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
FACW
Field Characters
1) shrub of acidic seepy branch bottoms, bogs, or pine flatwoods; 2) leaves with glandular upper midribs, glandular-serrate margins with densely matted hairs below; 3) fruit reddish-orange, fleshy, about 1/4" in diameter ripening in October.
Habitat
Bogs, swamps, wet woods, low woods, thickets, wet pine barrens.