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ROSACEAE
Rose Family
Pyrus calleryana  (Bradford pear)   
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Synonym
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Carex Section
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Meaning of Scientific Name
Pyrus: ancient name for Pear; calleryana: named for Joseph Callery, 19th century French missionary in China
Native Plant
No
Life Form
Perennial Tree
Phenology (Flowering Period)
April
Physiographic Province
☑ Piedmont
☑ Coastal Plain

County Distribution
☑ New Castle
☑ Kent
☑ Sussex

Habitat
Cultivated and escaping to fields, thickets, roadsides, and early successional woodlands
State Status
Non-native
Piedmont Status
Non-native
Coastal Plain Status
Non-native
Global Rank
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Federal Status
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Geographic Affinity
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Species at Limit of Distribution
☐ Northern
☐ Southern

North American Distribution (Non-indigenous Species)
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Coefficient of Conservatism
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Invasive
Yes
Invasive Watchlist
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Global Origin (Non-native Species)
China
Wildlife Values
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Medicinal Properties
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ID Notes
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Additional Info
Cultivars of the Callery pear are widely planted as ornamentals, such as the "Bradford" pear. Cultivars are generally self-sterile (unable to produce fertile seed when self-pollinated or cross-pollinated with another tree of the same cultivar). However, if different cultivars of Callery pears are growing in close proximity to one another, they can produce fertile seeds. Callery pear is well established outside of cultivation throughout the state and these ?wild? plants are descendants of multiple genotypes from various cultivars of Pyrus calleryana.
Habitats in which this plant occurs
Early Successional Shrub/Brush Upland Habitats (Piedmont Old Field)
Early Successional Shrub/Brush Upland Habitats (Coastal Plain Old Field)
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