American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)
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Flowering plantsIn Hamilton County, Ohio

American persimmon

Diospyros virginiana L.

American persimmon in all of Ohio
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Family
Ebenaceae
Genus
Diospyros
Near Hamilton County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 1 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (49)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (36)
  • Recorded, season not shown (2)
  • Season shown (1)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
American persimmon by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams County24 · Recorded, season not shown
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyNo qualifying records yet
Athens County86 · Season shown
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Brown CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Butler CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Clermont CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yet
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Crawford CountyNo qualifying records yet
Cuyahoga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Darke CountyNo qualifying records yet
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fairfield CountyNo qualifying records yet
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fulton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton County77 · Recorded, season not shown
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyNo qualifying records yet
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Highland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yet
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lake CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lawrence CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Licking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Logan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Lorain CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lucas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mahoning CountyNo qualifying records yet
Marion CountyNo qualifying records yet
Medina CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Meigs CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yet
Montgomery CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morgan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Morrow CountyNo qualifying records yet
Muskingum CountyNo qualifying records yet
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyNo qualifying records yet
Paulding CountyNo qualifying records yet
Perry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Preble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ross CountyNo qualifying records yet
Sandusky CountyNo qualifying records yet
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyNo qualifying records yet
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Stark CountyNo qualifying records yet
Summit CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Union CountyNo qualifying records yet
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne CountyNo qualifying records yet
Williams CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wood CountyNo qualifying records yet
Wyandot CountyNo qualifying records yet

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Hamilton County

Not enough evidence

Recorded in two separate seasons, so one season would put its middle week in the gap. Based on 77 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, above the minimum of 20 records from 5 different years.
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Recording in Hamilton County · records of all species each week, 87,019 in all

Records per week from 77 records in 8 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not a season or how common it is.

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Records of American persimmon in Hamilton County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of American persimmonYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1000392
Jan 11–1700344
Jan 18–2400312
Jan 25–3122206
Feb 1–700357
Feb 8–1400383
Feb 15–2100366
Feb 22–2800391
Mar 1–700551
Mar 8–1411523
Mar 15–2100750
Mar 22–28001,012
Mar 29 – Apr 4001,535
Apr 5–11111,960
Apr 12–18332,492
Apr 19–25002,403
Apr 26 – May 2003,783
May 3–9113,307
May 10–16112,059
May 17–23002,153
May 24–30112,390
May 31 – Jun 61222,648
Jun 7–13312,715
Jun 14–20112,695
Jun 21–27112,714
Jun 28 – Jul 4423,220
Jul 5–11222,980
Jul 12–18333,031
Jul 19–25002,961
Jul 26 – Aug 1112,795
Aug 2–8222,884
Aug 9–15112,696
Aug 16–22112,535
Aug 23–29112,536
Aug 30 – Sep 5212,606
Sep 6–12112,980
Sep 13–19542,959
Sep 20–26442,313
Sep 27 – Oct 3542,122
Oct 4–10531,828
Oct 11–17331,793
Oct 18–24431,338
Oct 25–31001,023
Nov 1–711676
Nov 8–1400593
Nov 15–2100384
Nov 22–2800496
Nov 29 – Dec 511356
Dec 6–1221478
Dec 13–1922285
Dec 20–2600322
Dec 27 – Jan 200388

Reported in flower

Only 3 records here show flowers, too few to show a flowering season. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

No fruiting season shown here. The weeks are still too uncertain to show a season.

In Ohio

Early March to late November, middle week Aug 30 – Sep 5

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 459 records in 9 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 338 dates. Latest record: December 2025.

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Records of American persimmon in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of American persimmonYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10216,211
Jan 11–17225,146
Jan 18–24114,645
Jan 25–31224,698
Feb 1–7006,023
Feb 8–14115,888
Feb 15–21725,436
Feb 22–28116,846
Mar 1–7738,321
Mar 8–149310,384
Mar 15–212212,620
Mar 22–285413,949
Mar 29 – Apr 49419,661
Apr 5–114426,860
Apr 12–189739,925
Apr 19–251141,623
Apr 26 – May 22256,391
May 3–91152,952
May 10–169553,785
May 17–236657,698
May 24–307654,651
May 31 – Jun 624753,099
Jun 7–137353,700
Jun 14–2012656,625
Jun 21–2712555,361
Jun 28 – Jul 46258,477
Jul 5–118461,336
Jul 12–1811664,722
Jul 19–256569,753
Jul 26 – Aug 17459,416
Aug 2–814659,712
Aug 9–1515655,994
Aug 16–229554,328
Aug 23–299451,772
Aug 30 – Sep 59557,167
Sep 6–1211659,075
Sep 13–1922854,543
Sep 20–2623845,860
Sep 27 – Oct 315643,180
Oct 4–1029837,841
Oct 11–1716730,824
Oct 18–2430621,156
Oct 25–3115719,021
Nov 1–714614,172
Nov 8–149412,621
Nov 15–211047,965
Nov 22–28648,136
Nov 29 – Dec 51156,083
Dec 6–12636,004
Dec 13–19225,423
Dec 20–26115,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2338,459

Reported in flower

Only 10 records here show flowers, too few to show a flowering season. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

Usually reported in fruit early July to early November, middle week Sep 27 – Oct 3.

From 108 records that show fruit. Not every photo of a plant in fruit is marked as fruiting, so this shows when people reported it in fruit, not when it fruits.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • Black Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica119 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • black cherry Prunus serotina82 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Callery pear Pyrus calleryana48 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • common pawpaw Asimina triloba45 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • northern spicebush Lindera benzoin34 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed48%49%
Forest32%31%
Farmland18%11%
Open water2%3%
Barren0.3%0.6%
Wetland0.3%5%

From 321 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
  • See it on iNaturalist (opens in a new tab)OpenPhenology is independent and not affiliated with iNaturalist.

Records behind the Ohio result

459 records from 2 datasets.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.