However, pawpaw leaves and twigs are seldom consumed by rabbits or deer.
Other insects that are attracted to pawpaw flowers include scavenging fruit flies, carrion flies and beetles.
They also eat mushrooms, and fruits such as gopher apple, pawpaw, blackberries, and saw palmetto berries.
When fire comes through and burns away the surrounding vegetation, the pawpaw thrives.
Pawpaw flowers are insect-pollinated, but fruit production is limited since few if any pollinators are attracted to the flower's faint, or sometimes non-existent scent.
Various pawpaw brews and other pawpaw-related activities are offered.
Hickory, chestnut, locust, maple, beech, dogwood, and pawpaw are widely distributed throughout the state as well.
However, the pawpaw trees are less common at present due to the clearing of the shade trees that pawpaws require.
