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Aronia melanocarpa Rosaceae


With Gaylussacia, Vaccinium, and Aronia arbutifolia. Small shrub 1 m tall. Blackwater Ecologic Preserve, Isle of Wight County, Virginia 7 September 2013.

A. melanocarpa (l) and A. arbutifolia (r). Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA. 15 February 2013

Cranberry Lake, Kalkaska County, Michiga. 30 May 2005.

Cranberry Lake, Kalkaska County, Michigan. 30 May 2005.

Beaver Lake County Park, Onodaga County, New York. 15 May 2014. Compare leaf surface and pubescence with A arbutifolia.

With Gaylussacia, Vaccinium, and Aronia arbutifolia. Small shrub 1 m tall. Blackwater Ecologic Preserve, Isle of Wight County, Virginia 7 September 2013. 36° 49' 17.5" North, 76° 51' 5.5" West (36.821525, -76.851515)

Papoose Lake, Kalkaska County, Michigan. 1 June 2005

Black trichomes on adaxial leaf surface, a distinguishing feature of the genus. With Gaylussacia, Vaccinium, and Aronia arbutifolia. Small shrub 1 m tall. Blackwater Ecologic Preserve, Isle of Wight County, Virginia 7 September 2013. 36° 49' 17.5" North, 76° 51' 5.5" West (36.821525, -76.851515)

Cranberry Lake, Kalkaska County, Mich(2). 30 May 2005.

WARNING:  Accurate determination of this plant or fungus depends on more than this single image.