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CUSTARD APPLE FAMILY
(ANNONACEAE)
 
Butterfly larval food:  Zebra Swallowtail
 
Wildlife food:  fruit eaten by raccoons, foxes, coyotes, opossums, and other mammals, gopher tortoises
 
 
name
 
area
flower
& fruit
 
season
 
other

Narrow-leaf pawpaw
  Asimina angustifolia
NCwhiteSpSus
Flag pawpaw
  Asimina obovata
NCSwhiteSpSus
Small-fruited pawpaw
  Asimina parviflora
NCgreen-purpleSps/t
Dwarf pawpaw
  Asimina pygmaea
NCmaroon
greenish yellow
Sps/t
Flatwoods pawpaw
  Asimina reticulata
NCSwhiteSps
Pawpaw
  Asimina triloba
Nmaroon
greenish yellow
Sps/t
Codes: N=north
C=central
S=south
Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter
a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine
i=invasive
 
ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans

 
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