Aronia prunifolia, called the purple chokeberry, is a North American species of shrubs in the rose family. It is native to eastern Canada and to the eastern and central United States, from Nova Scotia west to Ontario and Wisconsin, south as far as western South Carolina with an isolated population reported in southern Alabama. Some authors consider this to be a hybrid rather than a full-fledged species but it does grow in places where neither parent is present (most of Michigan for example). This independence merits acceptance as a full species. This sort of thing is not unusual; many species of plants originated as hybrids. Aronia prunifolia is a branching shrub forming clumps by means of stems forming from the roots. Flowers are white or pink, producing purple fruits. Many people consider the fruits to be foul-tasting.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aronia prunifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens8
Marker genes4
eDNA detections5
Countries1
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodemarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 278 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 004
Museum / vouchered1 268
Cultivated / captive2
Other4
Origin
Introduced2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 756 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 579≤1 km 180≤10 km 59>10 km 50
868 georeferenced · 1 136 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 004
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 87≤1 km 191≤10 km 441>10 km 38
757 georeferenced · 511 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 268
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2
2 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living2
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions47 of 70 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Madison, US
247
Ann Arbor, US
156
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
97
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
89
Bloomington, US
75
Green Bay, US
38
Bronx, US
37
DBF-NHMDlocation not on record
32
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
20
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
19
Staten Island, US
14
Wuzhou, CN
13
Toronto, CA
13
College Park, US
10
LDlocation not on record
10
Montréal, CA
10
KMNlocation not on record
10
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
10
Université Lavallocation not on record
9
Chapel Hill, US
8
Tartu, EE
8
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
7
Mohonk Preservelocation not on record
7
Durham, US
6
Olocation not on record
5
MeiseBGlocation not on record
5
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
5
Washington, US
5
Williamsburg, US
4
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
4
Tampa, US
4
Whitewater, US
3
Dekalb, US
3
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
3
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Ypsilanti, US
2
Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record
2
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
2
Davenport, US
2
Chicago, US
2
Northridge, US
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
Kew, GB
2
San Sebastián, ES
2
Trois-Rivières, CA
2
Oulu, FI
2
Porrentruy, CH
1
Kuopio, FI
1
New Haven, US
1
Baltimore, US
1
Claremont, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Trondheim, NO
1
Salzburg, AT
1
Brussel, BE
1
Millersville, US
1
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
1
Vitoria, ES
1
WINlocation not on record
1
Asheville, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Saint John, CA
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
València, ES
1
Moscow, US
1
Uppsala, SE
1
St. Paul, US
1
New Brunswick, US
1
70 institutions · 1 037 of 1 268 vouchered records shown · 231 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Aronia prunifolia was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median1.10 °C 1.10–1.10
Seasonal swing summer↔winter29.6 °C
Max temp (day)5.20 °C 5.30–5.20
Min temp (night)-1.50 °C
Precipitation56.1 mm/mo
Air humidity59.6 %
Moisture balance35.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit270 Pa
Wind speed2.60 m/s
Cloud cover65.0 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
