Black Chokeberry
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott - Rose family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet
Plant Type: Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Black Chokeberry: Acleris bowmanana, Acleris fragariana, Ancylis mediofasciana, Ancylis nubeculana, Aphelia alleniana, Archips myricana, Argyrotaenia repertana, Catocala praeclara, Choristoneura obsoletana, Harkenclenus titus, Hedya nubiferana, Hemileuca nevadensis -complex, Lomographa semiclarata, Malacosoma californica fragilis, Metarranthis amyrisaria, Satyrium liparops, Scopula limboundata, Sparganothis daphnana, Sparganothis reticulatana, Trichordestra rugosa, Xestia c-nigrum
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.