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Associated species include saw palmetto,''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]], [[Aronia arbutifolia]]'', wiregrass, pines, ''Aster spinulosus'', and ''Thelypteris palustris''.<ref name="FSU"></ref>
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Associated species include wiregrass, pines, saw palmetto, ''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]], [Aronia arbutifolia], Aster spinulosus'', and ''Thelypteris palustris''.<ref name="FSU"/>
  
 
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Revision as of 11:06, 20 February 2018

Common name: Red chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia
Aron arbu Phot pyri J-Gwalt-SEFlora4674 500.jpg
Photinia pyrifolia shown is a synonym of Aronia arbutifolia Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
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.
PHOT PYRI dist.jpg
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, swampy areas along rivers and creeks,[1] and seepage slopes.[2]

Areas have been observed as wet and boggy with loamy sand, wet soil and dry sandy soil.[1]

Associated species include wiregrass, pines, saw palmetto, 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, [Aronia arbutifolia], Aster spinulosus, and Thelypteris palustris.[1]

Phenology

Observed blooming period February through April and fruiting March through December.[1]

Fire ecology

A. arbutifolia has been documented in wet pinewoods of a one year unburned old growth longleaf pine stand.[1]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
  2. Observation by Jake Heaton in Avon Park Air Force Range, southern Polk County, FL, April 17, 2016, posted to Florida Flora and Ecosystematics Facebook Group April 22, 2016.