Common Name - Persimmon

Scientific Name - Diospyros virginiana

Description: a small or medium-sized tree, usually from 25 to 50 feet in height with a trunk up to 1 foot in diameter, but occasionally growing to much larger proportions. Typically it has a short and rather slender trunk with a broad, rounded crown; sometimes a shrub.  Tree located at
Douglas-Hart Nature Center
Mattoon, Illinois
The Persimmon Tree
Researched by Cooper

Description:
a small or medium-sized tree, usually from 25 to 50 feet in height with a trunk up to 1 foot in diameter, but occasionally growing to much larger proportions.  Typically it has a short and rather slender trunk with a broad, rounded crown;  sometimes a shrub.

Habitat:
grows best in moist, rich soils, but very adaptable, succeeding even under adverse conditions.
     Range:  from southern New York down through Florida, over to Illinois and Missouri and Texas.

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