In-Depth Description
Note: The scientific name was formerly Aronia and is now Photinia.
Photinia melanocarpa, commonly called Black Chokeberry, is an open, upright, spreading, deciduous shrub. It is native to low woods, swamps, bogs, and moist thickets from Newfoundland to southern Ontario and Minnesota south to Missouri, Tennessee, and Georgia. The name comes from the words “melano” meaning “black” and “carpa” meaning “fruit” referring to the color of ripe fruits of this species.
Blue jay, Photo Credit: Litchfield Hills Audubon.
