Common Persimmon
Diospyros virginiana L. - Ebony familySize
Mature Height: Up to around 100.0 feet
Plant Type: Tree
Features
Flower Color: Yellow, Green
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring, Late Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Common Persimmon: Actias luna luna, Artace cribraria, Callosamia promethea, Catocala piatrix, Citheronia regalis, Coptodisca diospyriella, Cossula magnifica, Cryptothelea gloverii, Eacles imperialis imperialis, Eumarozia malachitana, Euzophera semifuneralis, Exelis pyrolaria, Harrisimemna trisignata, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Hypocala andremona, Hypsoropha hormos, Hypsoropha monilis, Lochmaeus manteo, Lymantria dispar, Metarranthis hypochraria, Monoleuca semifascia, Orgyia leucostigma, Renia adspergillus, Schizura concinna, Seirarctia echo, Synanthedon uroceriformis, Thorybes ephemeraeformis, Tolype velleda, Xylophanes tersa
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.