Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (152).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (151).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (164).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (163).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (159).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (153).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (162).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (158).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (160).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (165).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (156).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (155).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (157).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (161).JPG
Aronia arbutifolia, Davidson, C 12968--North Carolina. Macon Co. Sunset Rock. 12 May 2015. DSC04371 (154).JPG
Native to 33 botanical countries across Northern America; introduced into Great Britain, Netherlands (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Macon (Franklin)
35.093611, -83.520556
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest road off old U.S. route 64 (highway 1448), SW of city of Franklin; near Standing Indian on trail to Wasilik Poplar. 1115 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Aronia
Specific Epithet
arbutifolia
Authorship
(L.) Pers.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.2
Global rank
#222,330 of 335,497
Top 67%
Extinction probability
10%
