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Photograph(s) by*: USFWS BES, RHW
Characteristics
Height: 3-9'
Spread: 6-12'
Flowers: May-Jun.; white
Fruit: Jul.-Sept.; black; berry
Fall color: orange, red, to purple
Conditions *
Light: 
Moisture: Dry Moist
Soil pH: 4.5-7.5
Soil type: Clay Loamy
Habitat
roadsides and fence rows, fields, thickets, open woods, clearings
Native to
Region: Piedmont
Mountain *
States: MD PA NY WV VA
Wildlife
*
high wildlife value
Notes
prickly; juicy edible fruit used by people and wildlife
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1269.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004