Shrubs
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Black Chokeberry
Photinia melanocarpa / Aronia melanocarpa
Description: Similar to Red Chokeberry, this shrub also bears clear red foliage in the fall but with deep purple to almost black berries instead of red. It is rounded and a suckering shrub that is useful in grouped or mass plantings. It is favored by songbirds and small mammals that use it both as cover and shelter through all seasons. Great alternative to glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus).
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Disturbed habitats, bogs, cliffs, balks, or ledges fens, swamps, woodlands (FAC).
Light: Part Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Moist, acidic soils. Moist.Characteristics
Bloom Color: White, Fruit are Red
Bloom Period: May
Mature Height: 10 feetWildlife: Intermediate food source for birds. Host plant for Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly and the Precious Underwing Moth.
Other Features: Deer Resistant, Salt Tolerant, Shade TolerantSold As: each
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Buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Description: Pretty white flowers growing in ball-like clusters attract numerous pollinators including the swallowtail butterfly. Seeds attract both waterfowl and shorebirds. Requires medium wet soil moisture. On Dr. Robert Gegear’s plant list. Warning: foliage poisonous to livestock and other animals.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Disturbed habitats, rivers, streams, shores of rivers or lakes, swamps, wetland margins (OBL)
Light: Part Shade to Shade
Soil Type and Moisture: Moist to wetCharacteristics
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Period: June, July, August, September
Mature Height: 10 to 20 feetWildlife: Food source to pollinators. Attracts birds and butterflies. Special value to native bees and honey bees. Food Source to adult Titan sphinx and Hydrangea sphinx.
Other Features: Anaerobic Tolerant, Deer Resistant, Salt Tolerant, Shade TolerantSold As
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Red Chokeberry
Photinia pyrifolia / Aronia arbutifolia
Description: Beautiful red berries appear on this multi-stemmed shrub in the fall. The foliage turns a deep red; a great alternative to winged euonymus. The more sunlight, the more it produces small flowers and a deeper red colors. Fruit are edible but are astringent tasting when raw. They are delicious when they are cooked, baked, juiced, or pureed. Berries are a great source of antioxidants.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Disturbed habitats, bogs, fens, meadows and fields, swamps, woodlands (FACW)
Light: Sun
Soil Type and Moisture: Moist, rich soils. Moist.Characteristics
Bloom Color: White, Fruit are Red
Bloom Period: May
Mature Height: 10 feetWildlife: Intermediate food source for birds. Host plant for Hessel’s Hairstreak butterfly and the Precious Underwing Moth.
Other Features: Deer Resistant, Salt TolerantSold As: each
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Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum
Description: The beautiful bush is adorned with masses of white flowers in springtime; a popular plant to numerous pollinators. In the fall, these flowers give way to dark blue fruit, attractive as food by songbirds, game birds, and mammals. It can be planted as a mass planting at the edge of a wetland or pond, or as erosion control. Keeping a few inches of leaf mulch will keep moisture sequestered around the roots. Note: it is a suckering shrub so it will spread from its origin.
Habitat
Habitat and Wetland Indicator Status: Forested Wetlands, moist woods, wetlands, ponds, and lake shores (FACW)
Light: Full sun to part sun.
Soil Type and Moisture: Clay, Loam, Sand. Moist to wetCharacteristics
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Period: March, April
Mature Height: 8 to 10 feetWildlife: Attracts birds and supports conservation biological control. Fruit eaten by mammals, songbirds, and game birds
Other Features: Deer Resistant, Fire TolerantSold As
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