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Post 15
Pawpaw Tree

Asimina triloba

Location

N39º28.xxx'
W088º24.xxx'

Date Planted

November 5, 2014
​By the students of Mrs. Tera Stewart's 5th Grade Class

Post 15
Flowering Red Dogwood

Cornus florida

The original tree, planted in 2004 did not survive the Winter of 2012-2013.

Location

N39º28.921'
W088º24.803'

Date Planted

April 9, 2004

This tree was donated by funds from the Lumpkin Foundation Grant and planted by Ms. Webb's Fifth Grade Class.

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Tree located at
Hawthorne Elementary School
2405 Champaign Avenue
Mattoon, Illinois

Tree Description

This tree grows to heights of 15 to 40 feet with a rounded bushy crown.

Habitat

Prefers rich, moist, well-drained soils, but does well even in dry ones. 

Range

Over most of the eastern U.S. above southern Florida, up to Vermont and Michigan, down to Texas, and in northern Mexico.

Leaf Description

Simple, deciduous;  opposite;  usually oval with a pointed apex;  thick and firm, with upwardly curving impressed veins on the upper surface;  green and smooth or with some fuzziness on the upper side, pale and finely hairy or sometimes smooth on the lower side, turning scarlet in autumn.
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Bark Description

Smooth, reddish brown on young trees;  at maturity, nearly black with small, scaly blocks.
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Fruit Description

Bright red, black-tipped;  growing in clusters, with each ovoid fruit berry with shiny, mealy flesh covering a single small seed.




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