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The seeds, leaves, bark, ripe, and unripe fruit of the persimmon. Diospyros texana is a multi-trunked small tree or large shrub [2] with a lifespan of 30 to 50 years. [4] It usually grows to 3 m (9.8 ft) in height, but can reach 12 m (39 ft) on good sites. [5]
For that information, we turn to the trusty persimmon seed, the rascally neighborhood squirrel, the vibrant hedge apple, and, of course, the famous woolly worm for Louisville's annual Folklore ...
An economically significant plant pathogen infecting many Diospyros species – D. hispida, kaki persimmon (D. kaki), date-plum (D. lotus), Texas persimmon (D. texana), Coromandel ebony (D. melanoxylon) and probably others – is the sac fungus Pseudocercospora kaki, which causes a leaf spot disease.
Diospyros virginiana is a persimmon species commonly called the American persimmon, [3] common persimmon, [4] eastern persimmon, simmon, possumwood, possum apples, [5] or sugar plum. [6] It ranges from southern Connecticut to Florida , and west to Texas , Louisiana , Oklahoma , Kansas , and Iowa .
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The dry rocky uplands are dominated by Ashe juniper, live oak, agarita and Texas persimmon. Cedar elm, Spanish oak, pecan, walnut and Mexican buckeye are found nearer the creek bed. In the floodplain, the dominant trees are sycamore and bald cypress. Texas palmetto, columbine and maidenhair fern grow along the banks of the creek. [3]
A variety of trees are found in the park such as ashe juniper, plateau live oak, sycamore, honey mesquite, Texas persimmon, mountain laurel, Texas madrone, redbud, hackberry, cedar elm, and mulberry. Vines like mustang grape and poison ivy grow among the trees.