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Chokeberry

(Aronia arbutifolia)

Red Chokeberry

This is a native plant.

It is a good shrub to attract birds as it has small fruits. It will grow to about 9 feet tall. In the spring the white flowers are pretty if you take the time to get close to them, while in the autumn it has bright red berries.

If we are lucky it will spread and make a nice patch of chokecherry! It is tolerant of many growing conditions, and ours (under Mrs. Cashman's windows) is in a good place. It grows almost everywhere in the eastern United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the left is a photo of the plant in it's first spring in the Schoolyard Habitat.

It will be nice if the students in the first grades spy a bird eating the fruit this fall!

 

 

 

 

Unripe fruits

 

 

To visit the UCONN Plant web page about chokeberry go to http://www.canr.uconn.edu/plsci/mbrand/a/aroarb/aroarb1.html
(Remember, blue usually tells you a word is a live link to somewhere else. )

To go UCONN's main Plant page where there is a search engine to check what plants they have there that you can go see, go to
http://www.canr.uconn.edu/plsci/mbrand/index.html
There are 5 walks you can take on the beautiful campus. Maps for the walks are online...along with the list of plants and their location on the walk!

Study Pointers:

• What other plants in our Schoolyard Habitat provide food for birds?
  
• Go to http://www.yahooligans.com and do a search for information on plantings to attract and feed birds. Is there any plant you think we should buy that we do not have? Be sure to tell your teacher or Mr. Axelson or a PTA member your suggestion!!!
  
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