On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba. The American pawpaw.<\/p>\n
The deciduous tree bears North America\u2019s largest native fruit, and, as Marsden explained, supports the zebra swallowtail butterfly \u2014 a species that has all but disappeared from the Pittsburgh region.<\/p>\n
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