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==Taxonomic notes==
 
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Synonyms: ''Pyrus arbutifolia'' (Linnaeus) Linnaeus f.; ''Photinia pyrifolia''
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(Lamarck) K. Robertson & J.B. Phipps; ''Sorbus arbutifolia'' (Linnaeus) Heynhold var. ''arbutifolia''
 
==Description==  
 
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Associated species include saw palmetto, ''Ilex myrtifolia, I. coriacea, Cliftonia monophylla, Persea palustris, Myrica cerifera, Lyonia lucida, Aronia arbutifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, Smilax laurifolia;\,'' titi; wiregrass, pines, ''Aster spinulosus, Cuphea aspera, Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Solidago fistulosa,'' and ''Thelypteris palustris, Pinus palutris'' and others (FSU Herbarium).
 
Associated species include saw palmetto, ''Ilex myrtifolia, I. coriacea, Cliftonia monophylla, Persea palustris, Myrica cerifera, Lyonia lucida, Aronia arbutifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, Smilax laurifolia;\,'' titi; wiregrass, pines, ''Aster spinulosus, Cuphea aspera, Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Solidago fistulosa,'' and ''Thelypteris palustris, Pinus palutris'' and others (FSU Herbarium).
  
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Observed blooming period February through April and fruiting March through December (FSU Herbarium).
 
Observed blooming period February through April and fruiting March through December (FSU Herbarium).
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''A. arbutifolia'' has been documented in wet pinewoods of a one year unburned old growth longleaf pine stand (FSU Herbarium).
 
''A. arbutifolia'' has been documented in wet pinewoods of a one year unburned old growth longleaf pine stand (FSU Herbarium).
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==Conservation and Management==
 
==Conservation and Management==

Revision as of 11:34, 29 February 2016

Common name: Red chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Aronia
Species: A. arbutifolia
Binomial name
Aronia arbutifolia
(L.) Pers.
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Natural range of Aronia arbutifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Pyrus arbutifolia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus f.; Photinia pyrifolia (Lamarck) K. Robertson & J.B. Phipps; Sorbus arbutifolia (Linnaeus) Heynhold var. arbutifolia

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Habitats of A. arbutifolia include boggy pine flatwoods, titi bogs, shrub bog, bays, margins of bays, cypress swamp pond, swampy woodlands, borders of titi swamp, wet prairie, low palmetto flatwoods, cabbage palm hammock, dry sandy soil of high pineland, mixed hardwoods, longleaf pine rolling terrain, and swampy areas along rivers and creeks (FSU Herbarium).

Associated species include Ilex myrtifolia, Ilex coriacea, Cliftonia monophylla, Cyrilla racemiflora, Persea palustris, Myrica cerifera, Lyonia lucida, Smilax laurifolia, Aster spinulosus, Cuphea aspera, Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Solidago fistulosa, Pinus palustris and Thelypteris palustris (FSU Herbarium).

Areas have been observed as wet and boggy with loamy sand, wet soil and dry sandy soil (FSU Herbarium).

Associated species include saw palmetto, Ilex myrtifolia, I. coriacea, Cliftonia monophylla, Persea palustris, Myrica cerifera, Lyonia lucida, Aronia arbutifolia, Cyrilla racemiflora, Smilax laurifolia;\, titi; wiregrass, pines, Aster spinulosus, Cuphea aspera, Sabal palmetto, Quercus virginiana, Magnolia virginiana, Solidago fistulosa, and Thelypteris palustris, Pinus palutris and others (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Observed blooming period February through April and fruiting March through December (FSU Herbarium).

Fire ecology

A. arbutifolia has been documented in wet pinewoods of a one year unburned old growth longleaf pine stand (FSU Herbarium).

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert Kral, S.W. Leonard, A. G. Shuey, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, John B. Nelson, Gary R. Knight, Mark A Garland, Elmer C. Prichard, George R. Cooley, Joseph Monachino, R. Komarek, R.A. Norris, Rodie White, H.L. Stoddard, Roomie Wilson. States and Counties: Florida: Columbia, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Marion, Okaloosa, Pasco, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Walton, Wakulla, Volusia. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.