The American Persimmon is a native fruit tree with deeply furrowed, blocky bark and glossy leaves that turn bright orange-red in autumn. Its orange fruit, about the size of a plum, is astringent until fully ripe after frost — then sweet and custard-like. Opossums, foxes, raccoons, and deer eagerly seek out the fallen fruit in late autumn.
Habitat
Old fields, roadsides, forest edges, and dry upland woods of eastern North America
Diet
Fruit eaten by opossums, raccoons, foxes, white-tailed deer, and wild turkeys
How common
Common
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