Black Chokeberry

Aronia melanocarpa

Plant Characteristics:

• Duration: Perennial
• Habit: Shrub
• Size class: 6-12 ft
• Native Habitat (I.e. not planted in a garden): Lowlands, bogs, dunes, bluffs
• Bloom time: May

Growing Conditions 

• Light:
  • Partial Shade
• Soil:
  • Moisture: Wet
  • Description: Moist, Acidic (pH<6.8)
• Condition comments:
  • Very flood tolerant

Benefits:

• Intermediate food source for birds
• Attracts birds
• Alternative to invasive

Drawbacks: 

• Deer browse
• Rabbit browse

Additional uses: 

• Edible fruit crop
  • Cannot be eaten raw
  • But they are high in antioxidants and good for baking, jams, jellies, syrups, etc.