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Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps
black chokeberry

       
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Aronia melanocarpa

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Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

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Synonyms:
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

  ARARN3 Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers. var. nigra (Willd.) Seymour
  ARME6 Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot
  ARNI3 Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne
  PYARN Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L. f. var. nigra Willd.
  PYME Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.
  SOME5 Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) Heynh.
 

Distribution:
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC)
 

Related Taxa:
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 9 species in Photinia
 

Classification:
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus Photinia Lindl. – chokeberry
Species Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps – black chokeberry
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Iowa:
Aronia melanocarpa
black chokecherry              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

Aronia melanocarpa:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FACW- FAC FAC FACW- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & Phipps

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565397.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
Time Generated: 09/17/2008 10:00 AM MDT