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Black Chokeberry (Photinia melanocarpa)

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  • Black Chokeberry (Photinia Melanocarpa) https://www.sagebud.com/black-chokeberry-photinia-melanocarpa
    Credit: Jomegat | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
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Photinia Melanocarpa, or more commonly know as Black Chokeberry, is a shrub with red foliage and white flowers of the genus Photinia. It has a height of 6 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Photinia Melanocarpa or Black Chokeberry's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wisconsin.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Photinia
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Order: Rosales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Shrub
  • Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N)
  • After Harvest Regrowth Rate: None
  • Allelopath: No
  • C:N Ratio: Medium
  • Coppice Potential: No
  • Fall Conspicuous: Yes
  • Fire Resistance: No
  • Flower Color: White
  • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
  • Foliage Color: Red
  • Foliage Porosity Summer: Moderate
  • Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate
  • Foliage Texture: Medium
  • Fruit/Seed Color: Blue
  • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
  • Growth Form: Thicket Forming
  • Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 15
  • Height Mature (feet): 6
  • Leaf Retention: No
  • Lifespan: Short
  • Low Growing Grass: No
  • Resprout Ability: No
  • Shape and Orientation: Erect
  • Toxicity: Slight
  • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
  • Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: No
  • Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
  • Anaerobic Tolerance: Medium
  • Cold Stratification Required: No
  • Drought Tolerance: Medium
  • Frost Free Days Minimum: 88
  • Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 320
  • Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 1280
  • Precipitation (Minimum): 16
  • Precipitation (Maximum): 51
  • Root Depth Minimum (inches): 24
  • Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
  • Temperature Minimum (°F): 24
  • Bloom Period: Spring
  • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
  • Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
  • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
  • Propagated by Bare Root: No
  • Propagated by Bulbs: No
  • Propagated by Container: No
  • Propagated by Corms: No
  • Propagated by Cuttings: Yes
  • Propagated by Seed: No
  • Propagated by Sod: No
  • Propagated by Sprigs: No
  • Propagated by Tubers: No
  • Seed per Pound: 256000
  • Seed Spread Rate: Moderate
  • Seedling Vigor: Medium
  • Small Grain: No





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