Characteristics
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
pawpaw
Native in alluvial soils in floodplain forests and rich bottomlands of western New York. It is also cultivated and may persist and perhaps occasionally naturalize.
Tree, Shrub
Perennial
Vascular
5
As a native tree/shrub, this species is rare in New York. It is also cultivated and can persist and perhaps naturalize from plantings. Its native range in New York is western New York.
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Native Threatened-State FACU+, FAC (NWPL) FAC (NWPL EMP) FAC (NWPL NCNE) S2 (State Rank) G5 (Global Rank)
Mitchell and Beal 1997.
Classification
Magnoliids
Magnoliales
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal - pawpaw
Citation
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display its name.

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Plant Photos
Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Onondaga, NY: 19 July 2006 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Onondaga, NY: 19 July 2006 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Onondaga, NY: 19 July 2006 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Onondaga, NY: 19 July 2006 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Erie, NY: 6 October 2017 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Erie, NY: 6 October 2017 -
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Photo By: Stephen M. Young. Photo taken: Erie, NY: 6 October 2017 -
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