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Each value Trefle shows for Aronia melanocarpa, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced5 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Michx.) Elliott	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 557 (1821)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1821	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Black chokeberry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Family common name	Rose family	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	50 cm	50.35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 16 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 28, 68, 92, 925	Differs from sources
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 187 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 918, 925	Sourced
Edible part	fruits	fruits · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Flower color	empty	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage color	empty	red · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit color	empty	blue · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Growth habit	Shrub	Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 188 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 925	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 94, 444	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	empty	61 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	cuttings · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	Deep · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott, 1821 22% complete

Black chokeberry

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