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Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Photo by TrevorStaker
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Field Notes

Description:

A shrubby tree, rarely growing higher than ten feet. These are the flowers in early spring, along with the just-breaking out terminal leaves. In the summer, flowers produce an edible fruit, sometimes called a "poor man's banana."

Habitat:

Grows in moist, well drained bottomland soils. Find them growing together in large clusters.

Notes:

I was really hoping to find some pawpaws left over this past fall, but between the local deer population and the local human population, there was scarce amounts to go around!

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