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Scientific name:

Aronia melanocarpa

Vernacular name:

Chokeberry, Black


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Scientific name: Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott

Diagnostic features
Suckering shrub to 1.5m.
Leaves obovate, subglabrous.
Fruit black.

Chromosome number: (2n=34).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; in boggy areas.

Distribution
Dorset, Caerns and South Lancs; East North America.

This species is keyed out on Page 2503: Aronia in the Text Key.

Aronia melanocarpa (Chokeberry, Black)
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