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BLACK CHOKEBERRY

Black Chokeberry

Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd.

Rosaceae family

This low-medium sized shrub grows in the forest understory. Its alternate medium-sized spoon-shaped leaves turn orange to reddish in mid- to late October.