| Scientific Name: | Aronia melanocarpa |
| Common Name: | black chokeberry |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Fall interest, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Tall background, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Bog, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Glandular hairs, Elliptic, Obovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pome, Black, Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves shiny, leathery, most elliptic-obovate, 5-11cm long x 2-5cm wide, finely serrate, petioles <1cm long, fall colour orange-red-purple; flower tiny white, Apr-May; pomes purple-black, 7-9mm wide. Winter ID: buds 8-11mm long, red, glabrous; persistent fruit. | |