In the UK it must be rare, I have never heard of a chokeberry. Perhaps we know it by another name.
In the Midwest, they are more common. However, I don't belive that they are considered rare
Check area garden centers. I just picked a nice black chokeberry tree up for $10 at Lowes.
Niklas Jeppsson has written: 'Genetic variation and fruit quality in sea buckthorn and black chokeberry' -- subject(s): Sea buckthorn, Genetics, Quality, Black chokeberry
Hackberry trees belong to the genus Celtis and produce small, sweet fruit that is edible for humans. Chokeberry trees belong to the genus Aronia and produce bitter fruit that is not usually eaten raw due to its astringent taste. Additionally, chokeberry trees are more commonly grown for their ornamental value rather than for fruit production.
Some plants that resemble elderberry in appearance include pokeweed, chokeberry, and red currant.
there are 2 different types of 'rare'. There is Super Rare and rare. Doris = Rare :)
Native plants in Maine include ground covers such as bearberry and creeping juniper. You would see some trees such as white pine, red oak, and eastern hemlock. There would be shrubs such as black chokeberry, gray dogwood, and winterberry.
a rare opportunity
Many different types of berries are native to Michigan, including lowbush blueberries, the common serviceberry, bearberry, black chokeberry, and wild raspberry. There are many wild berry plants found in the woods of Michigan.
its SUPER RARE!!!!!!
Black Chokeberry (Aronia melancarpa) can grow to six feet height & width. The berries are commonly used to make juice, & there used to be a west coast company that distributred throughout the west & northwest a bottled alternative to cranberry juice, labeled "Aronia Berry Juice Cocktail," avoiding the name "chokeberry" lest people worry they might choke on it. It shares with bilberry, cranberry, & other fruit or fruit juices several healthful properties. A 2004 animal-modeled study (Matsumoto et al) conducted at the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition Faculty of Human Life Science at Fuji Women's University, showed that the antioxidant effects of chokeberry extract had a "gastroprotective" effect in treating acute gastric hemorrhagic lesions in rats, suggesting it might be an effective natural treatment for severe stomach problems in humans, including ulcers. A 2003 study (Malik et al) conducted at the Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, has provided preliminary indication of defense against colon cancer.
She is ultra rare
It is a rare species