Aronia arbutifolia

=== Habitat ===

=== Habitat ===

''A. arbutifolia'' may be found in habitats such as [[Cyrilla racemiflora|titi]] bogs, boggy pine [[flatwoods]], various hammocks, and other wet environments.<ref>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref> It generally has no response to soil disturbance via [[clearcutting]] and chopping.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moore |first=William H. |last2=Swindel |first2=Benee F. |last3=Terry |first3=W. Stephen |date=March 1982 |title=Vegetative Response to Clearcutting and Chopping in a North Florida Flatwoods Forest |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3898394?origin=crossref |journal=Journal of Range Management |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=214 |doi=10.2307/3898394}}</ref>

''A. arbutifolia'' may be found in habitats such as [[Cyrilla racemiflora|titi]] bogs, boggy pine [[flatwoods]], various hammocks, and other wet environments.<ref>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref> It generally has no response to soil disturbance via [[clearcutting]] and chopping.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moore |first=William H. |last2=Swindel |first2=Benee F. |last3=Terry |first3=W. Stephen |date=March 1982 |title=Vegetative Response to Clearcutting and Chopping in a North Florida Flatwoods Forest |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3898394?origin=crossref |journal=Journal of Range Management |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=214 |doi=10.2307/3898394}}</ref>

=== Herbivory ===

''A. arbutifolia'' has been often observed to host insect species such as sweat bees, as well as bees from the [[Andrenidae]] family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=K.R. |last2=Phipps |first2=J.B. |title=Red Chokeberry |url=https://www.discoverlife.org/20/q |website=Discover Life}}</ref>

It has been reported to be consumed by [[Marsh rabbit|marsh rabbits]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Blair |first=W. Frank |date=1936-08 |title=The Florida Marsh Rabbit |url=https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-lookup/doi/10.2307/1374414 |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=197 |doi=10.2307/1374414}}</ref> and accounts for 5-10% of the diet of a variety of game bird and songbird species.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=James H. |title=Forest plants of the Southeast and their wildlife uses |last2=Miller |first2=Karl V. |date=2005 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=978-0-8203-2748-8 |edition=Rev. ed |location=Athens}}</ref>

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