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Diospyros virginiana L.
Persimmon, Common persimmon

Copyright by: Jay Horn via iNaturalist

Family: Ebenaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Eastern and central United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website.

Other data on Diospyros virginiana available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Diospyros virginiana has been found in the following 54 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Barley Barber Swamp	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Black Creek Forest	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Coconut Creek Maple Swamp Natural Area	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Crandon Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach, Lake Ida parcel	Present	Native, Cultivated Only
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fern Forest Nature Center	Present	Native
Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Grassy Waters Preserve	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Holey Land Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	Present	Native
Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, Okaloacoochee Slough Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Pal-Mar Natural Area	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Tree Tops Park	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Diospyros virginiana has been found in the following 10 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)	Recorded as Present in Error
Monroe County (Mainland)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native