The Pawpaw tree (Asimina triloba), is not the winner of the category “most spectacular color in the woods” during autumn. But it does have a wonderful fruit if you can beat the bears to that fruit. Bears love those Pawpaws.
There are many Pawpaw trees here in the mountains, including ones that I’ve planted here surrounding my cabin. My main reason for planting Pawpaws is this tree is the host plant of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly (Eurytides marcellus). A butterfly that I love to see. Not the most abundant butterfly up here but perhaps more so because of my plantings.