Red Chokeberry

Aronia arbutifolia
Español: Pepino
Often grows with ink berry and palmettos.



Beautiful early spring-blooming shrub. Grow at edge of wooded areas or as a specimen.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Wildlife

Various birds eat the berries including titmice, nuthatches, warblers, chickadees, cardinals, grosbeaks, and orioles.

Habitat

Wet sites. Seep slopes, wet flatwoods, edges of swamps.

Did You Know?

  • Interesting bark, Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
  • Flowers attract bees and butterflies.  Pollinated by bees.