#1656 most planted
Aronia melanocarpa
Black chokeberry · also Aronia melanocarpa
Multi-trunkDeciduous
24
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
2
cities
3.1 in
median trunk (8 cm, 7 measured)
13 yr
median age (71% have a planting date)
Report an issue with this species
Aronia melanocarpa is a branching shrub with glossy dark green leaves that turn red in autumn. It produces white or pink flowers in late spring, followed by black, astringent fruits in September. It grows in sun to part-shade, forms clumps, and its berries are eaten by some birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 170.01%13 yr—
- 70.00%—3.1 in
Traits
- Form
- Multi-trunk
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.1 in, mean 2.7 in, 90th percentile 3.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New England-Acadian forests