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Aronia arbutifolia


 

Aronia arbutifolia
Red chokeberry

The stems are slender, reddish brown turning light gray and smell like those of the genus Prunus. The young stem growth is initially tomentose but becomes glabrous later in the season and develops an onion-skin appearance.

 
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