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Aronia melanocarpa, Spach (Sorbus melanocarpa, Heynh. Pyrus nigra, Sarg. A. nigra, Kochne. Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra, Willd.). Black Chokeberry. Low shrub, rarely to 6 ft.: Lvs. oval to obovate, abruptly acuminate or obtuse, pale green and glabrous or nearly so beneath: calyx and pedicels glabrous or nearly so: fr. globose, about ⅓ in. across, shining black. Nova Scotia to Ont., south to Fla. and Mich. April-June. Var. grandifolia, Schneid. (Pyrus grandifolia, Lindl.). A taller, more vigorous shrub with larger, obovate or broadly obovate lustrous Lvs. and larger fls. in larger corymbs. Var. elata, Hehd. Similar to the preceding, but Lvs. narrower, generally oblong-obovate, acute. Var. subpubescens, Schneid. Lvs. pubescent beneath when young.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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