Photinia pyrifolia
(Aronia arbutifolia)

red chokeberry

Photograph(s) by*: VT, USFWS BES

Characteristics

Height: 1.5-13'
Spread: 3-6'
Flowers: Mar.-May; white, purple-tinged
Fruit: Sept.-Dec.; red; berry
Fall color: orange to red

Conditions *

Light:
Moisture: Dry Moist Wet
Soil pH: 5.1-6.5
Soil type: Clay Loamy Sandy

Habitat

forested seasonal wetlands, shrub bogs; upland forest, old field, dune

Native to

Region: Coastal Piedmont Mountain *
States: MD DE PA NY WV VA

Wildlife

*

Notes

tolerates infrequent flooding by water with some salt; can be pruned as hedge

 Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1215.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004