Rosaceae FAMILY

Aronia melanocarpa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aronia melanocarpa is a deciduous shrub with an open, upright, spreading habit. The plant is somewhat rounded but leggy, growing 80 - 200cm tall. The plant suckers, forming in time a clump of 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. Various cultivars have been developed, which are sometimes placed here or in Aronia mitschurinii. These have superior fruits and are often cultivated as a food crop. The plant is also grown as an ornamental and can be used as a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Ontario to Newfoundland, south to Arkansas, Alabama and Florida

HabitatSwamps, bogs, wet thickets, margins of ponds and lakes, beaver ponds, woods, moist high-elevation forests, rock outcrops; 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. ].