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Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
pawpaw
       
Symbol:   ASTR  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Annonaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Tree
Shrub 		 
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Distribution:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

View 13 genera in Annonaceae, 9 species in Asimina
 

Classification:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order Magnoliales
Family Annonaceae – Custard-apple family
Genus Asimina Adans. – pawpaw
Species Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal – pawpaw
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
pawpaw              Endangered
New York:
pawpaw              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACU+,FAC FACU+ FAC FAC NO FAC FAC- NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

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View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18117.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.
 

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Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal

AL-Trees of Alabama and the Southeast

CA-California Rare Fruit Growers

CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database

FL-Floridata

FL-University of Florida Horticulture (USFS Fact Sheet)

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IL-Illinois State Museum

IN-Center for New Crops and Plant Products (Purdue)

KY-Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

MO-Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

MO-Missouri Plants

NC-Plant Fact Sheet

NC-Poisonous Plants of North Carolina

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

UK-Plants For A Future

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USDI FWS Bayscapes Conservation Landscaping

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology Fact Sheet
 
 
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