{"id":11,"date":"2026-10-06T01:11:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:11:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:11:37","slug":"american-persimmon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/american-persimmon\/","title":{"rendered":"American Persimmon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You found the American Persimmon!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diospyros virginiana \u2014 \ud83c\udf4a Persimmon saves its best trick for fall: sweet fruits feed forest critters, while its dark, deeply blocky \u201calligator\u201d bark makes mature trees stand out in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around campus \u2014 The Ridges, Baker Preserve, and Strouds Run \u2014 typically along forest edges and in old clearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claim your find: snap a photo with your magnet and post it publicly. Tag us \u2014 @PBIO_OhioU on X or Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University on LinkedIn \u2014 and add #PBIOTreeHunt. The magnet is yours to keep! Brought to you by OHIO Environmental and Plant Biology \u2014 https:\/\/www.ohio.edu\/cas\/plant-biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You found the American Persimmon! One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt. Diospyros virginiana \u2014 \ud83c\udf4a Persimmon saves its best trick for fall: sweet fruits feed forest critters, while its dark, deeply blocky \u201calligator\u201d bark makes mature trees stand out in winter. Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}