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Shohin
I see these shrubs all over when hiking in Georgia. Resdish trunks (cane like for young plants) but occasionally there is a nice, old twisty one. Red fall color and berries. Anybody know what it is?
Could be Aronia but in picture leaf edge looks pretty smooth rather than finely toothed like aronia that grows around here. The two plants are closely related being in the rose family. It does look a lot like aronia though, but the leaf edge bothers me. I have seen serviceberry with smooth and with very fine toothed leaves.Looks like aronia, chokeberry
Looks like a type of aronia, chokeberry.
They should be native to your area. They like lowlands and swampy areas.
Shruby, suckering, colonizing plants. They get around 6-8' tall, but could probably get a little bigger.
Foliage looks similar to itea when they start getting blushed, but itea doesn't get berries. Fruit is edible, but some varieties are too tart and I think a little astringent.
You're definitely right about that, hmm...leaf edge looks pretty smooth rather than finely toothed
I could definitely see it being serviceberry, but I figured the fruit would be long gone by now, either eaten or dried up. I may be misremembering, but I think chokeberries' fruit ripens in late summer, so I was thinking chances are better for this being a chokeberry.seen serviceberry with smooth and with very fine toothed leaves.
Haha, I don't think we have it nailed down yet. I was looking at this on my lunch break earlier, so couldn't really get into it. Penumbra brings up a lot of good points.Aronia it is
Yes he does, but it’s not a serviceberry, I’m familiar with those. Thanks again for your help, i had never heard of a choke berry.You're definitely right about that, hmm...
I could definitely see it being serviceberry, but I figured the fruit would be long gone by now, either eaten or dried up. I may be misremembering, but I think chokeberries' fruit ripens in late summer, so I was thinking chances are better for this being a chokeberry.
The leaf venation and color is definitely very similar between the two.
Haha, I don't think we have it nailed down yet. I was looking at this on my lunch break earlier, so couldn't really get into it. Penumbra brings up a lot of good points.