Plant This:

Native alternatives to the AO are:

(More drought tolerant)

Black Chokeberry

(Aronia Melanocarpa) (picture below)

This is a small round shaped shrub deciduous shrub with multiple slender stems and dark green leaves and tiny white flowers in the spring, and in the fall, the leaves turn crimson red, contrasting with the blueish-black berries. It is generally considered deer resistant but may need to be enclosed for the first year. 

American Beauty Berry

(Callicarpa Americana) (picture below)

Ideal for a shrub or hedge border, this deciduous shrub brings a burst of color to the fall and early winter. It has tiny flowers in the spring, and produces beautiful purplish berries from August to October, often lasting through the winter.  

Spicebush

(Lindera Benzoin) (picture below)

This medium shrub likes wet areas and sun but tolerates drought and shade. It iis a good understory shrub, or in a back bed. The foliage, yellow spring blooms and berries are fragrant. Its produces bright red berries from late summer through October. These have high nutrient value for birds and other wildlife. 

Not that:  

Autumn Olive

Autumn olive is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the Oleaster family that can grow up to 20 feet tall. It is invasive and tends to like disturbed areas, fields, forest edges and open forests. It is problematic because it outcompetes native plants with dense shade and by changing the chemistry of the soil around itself. Autumn Olive will quickly take over the landscape.

In the Spring and Summer, the leaves are bright green on top and silver underneath (picture 1) and in the fall, there are abundant red berries that are lightly speckled and the leaves turn yellow (picture 2).