Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers.

The Herbarium of Calvin College
A ronia arbutifolia (Ell.) Pers.
Red chokeberry	Rosaceae
Kent County, Michigan; Cannon Township (43°3’N, 85°27’W).
Townsend Park, c. 200 m SE of Ramsdell Dr. and Six Mile Rd.
Along shrubby edge of old stream oxbow, adjacent to wet meadow with
groundwater upwelling. From tallest (5m tall) of 8 shrubs in loose cluster,
possibly clonal. Pomes red, leaves bright red above, tomentose beneath.
Growing with Thuja occidentalis, Cirsium muticum, Comus spp.
Viburnum spp., Zanthoxylum americanum.
Michael P. Ryskamp #2	4 November 2011
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