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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrus calleryana   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrus calleryana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pyrus calleryana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Pyrus calleryana

 

COMMON NAME:
Bradford Pear, Callery Pear


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image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

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www.mdinvasivesp.org

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JK Marlow    jkm0502b_11

February    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

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Keith Bradley    kab_pyrus_calleryana_0486

February    Lexington County    SC

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

Keith Bradley    kab_pyrus_calleryana_0494

February    Lexington County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0403m_03

March    Greenville County    SC

Downtown Greenville

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JK Marlow    jkm080324_010

March    Greenville County    SC

One of the South's most overplanted trees, per The Southern Living Garden Book.

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JK Marlow    jkm080324_016

March    Greenville County    SC

To see seedlings apparently parented by these trees, scroll down to December.

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm080324_020

March    Greenville County    SC

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm080324_021

March    Greenville County    SC

Unfortunately the buying public has not caught up to this tree's problems, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8913

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Bud break....

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm240312_7677

March    Greenville County    SC

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_pyrus_calleryana

March        

Large clusters of brilliantly white flowers with maroon-tipped anthers, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

Paul Thompson    pstpyrus_calleryana

September?        

Leaves ovate to orbicular with acuminate tips. — Clemson Extension

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JK Marlow    jkm0411i_11

November    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Leaves often tufted on short branchlets, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5867

November    Williamsburg County    SC

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm181111_5868

November    Williamsburg County    SC

Fruit globose, about 1cm in diameter, brown with pale dots, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    s041130_a

November    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    s041130_b

November    Greenville County    SC

Parking lot

Initially circular, maturing to ovate or slightly cordate with tapering tip, per A Field Guide for the Identification of Invasive Plants in Southern Forests (Miller, Chambliss, & Lowenstein, 2010).

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm0412a_33

December    Greenville County    SC

Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve

Twigs often with spiny spur shoots, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Pyrus calleryana, Bradford Pear, Callery Pear

JK Marlow    jkm071203_006

December    Greenville County    SC

Field

Homes across the road are landscaped with this invasive (see March pics).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrus calleryana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrus calleryana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyrus calleryana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Pyrus calleryana

 

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1178

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Commonly planted and persistent, now an aggressive naturalizer in fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas across most of our region, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Common in Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.


INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 2-4.5cm long

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
20 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


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