species 19,013 observations
Texas Persimmon
Diospyros texana
Field notes
Diospyros texana is a species of persimmon that is native to central, south and west Texas and southwest Oklahoma in the United States, and eastern Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico. Common names include Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon and the more ambiguous "black persimmon". It is known in Spanish as chapote, chapote manzano, or chapote prieto, all of which are derived from the Nahuatl word tzapotl. That word also refers to several other fruit-bearing trees.
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Caterpillars
Moths and butterflies raised on it
Gray Hairstreak, Henry's Elfin, Hebrew Moth, Small Necklace Moth
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Hosted animals
Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it
Red-headed Ash Borer
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Plant eaters
Animals that feed on it
Brown Thrasher, Curve-billed Thrasher, Persimmon Psyllid, Cedar Waxwing
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Flower visitors
Pollinators and other flower visitors
Monarch
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
- Light
- Full sun Part shade
- Moisture
- Dry
- Water use
- Low
- Soil pH
- Alkaline
- Drought tolerant
- Yes
- Deer resistant
- Yes
From the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.