Aronia prunifolia

Classification	Dicots
Family	Rosaceae
Family (Traditional)	Rosaceae
Genus	Aronia
Species:	Aronia prunifolia (Marsh.) Rehder
Common Name	Purple Chokeberry
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Aronia prunifolia	Aronia × prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder
Aronia prunifolia	Aronia prunifolia (Marsh.) Rehder
Aronia prunifolia	Aronia x prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder
Mespilus prunifolia	Mespilus prunifolia Marshall
Pyrus atropurpurea	Pyrus atropurpurea

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Letcher (KY), McCreary (KY), Whitley (KY), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Van Buren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, ETSU, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1946 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
APSC0041774	Campbell	Tennessee			APSC Aronia prunifolia
N/A	Carter	Tennessee	21 May 2015	Frosty Levy	ETSU Aronia prunifolia
APSC0078319	White	Tennessee			APSC Aronia prunifolia
APSC0055369	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Aronia prunifolia
APSC0077351	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Aronia prunifolia
UCHT031374	Campbell	Tennessee			UCHT Aronia prunifolia
31234100603164	Cumberland	Tennessee	16 Aug 1986	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Aronia prunifolia
APSC0097589	Letcher	Kentucky			APSC Aronia prunifolia
APSC0055310	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Aronia prunifolia
APSC0086546	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Aronia prunifolia
APSC0078320	White	Tennessee			APSC Aronia prunifolia
MTSU007476	Cannon	Tennessee	23 Apr 1982	M. S. Hancock 24	MTSU Aronia prunifolia
TENN-V-0115022	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Aronia prunifolia
APSC0055312	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Aronia prunifolia
APSC0005419	Van Buren	Tennessee	19 Sep 1946	E.S. Ford, N.H. Russell 1945	APSC Aronia prunifolia
APSC0105262	Whitley	Kentucky			APSC Aronia prunifolia

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Aronia prunifolia

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