Rosaceae FAMILY
Aronia arbutifolia
Aronia arbutifolia
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Aronia arbutifolia is a suckering, deciduous shrub growing 80 - 250cm tall. The plant can form a clump of growth wth up to 20 stems or more[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, and can be used as a hedge.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEastern N. America - Ontario to Quebec and south to Texas and Florida
HabitatSwamps, wet thickets, peatland pocosins, bogs, fens, wet pine flatwoods, margins of freshwater wetlands, beaver ponds, mixed loblolly pine, Magnolia virginiana-Rhus vernix-swamps, black gum swamps; at elevations to 2,000 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].