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Asimina reticulata

Asimina reticulata

Found in pine flatwoods; pine savannas; sandhills; prairies and grasslands. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Florida edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Florida. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 38 Florida counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
Limestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

Sandhills

Dry, deep-sand ridges with longleaf pine and turkey oak, kept open by fire.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

15CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including FL

Genus host records with ranges including FL · Asimina

  • Eurytides marcellusZebra Swallowtail
  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
  • Agrius cingulataPink-Spotted Hawkmoth, Sweet Potatoe Caterpillar
  • Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
  • Choristoneura obsoletanaObsolete Leafroller
  • Dolba hyloeusPawpaw Sphinx
  • Epimecis hortariaTulip-Tree Beauty
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Omphalocera cariosaMoonseed Webworm
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  • Omphalocera munroeiAsimina Webworm
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
  • Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
  • Talponia plummerianaPawpaw Peduncle Borer, Speckled Talponia
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
3BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Asimina

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
ANNONACEAE

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Conservation status

Florida rankS4S5
Global rankNot available
FL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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