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Rosaceae > Pyros (pear) | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Roadside in Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Common statewide in NC as an escaped exotic invasive, especially along roadsides, the cultivar commonly planted is often called Bradford Pear. | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Roadside in Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Pretty white flowers with five petals are typical of many species in the rose family. | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Roadside in Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Young shoots with developing leaves. | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Planted in yard in Durham Co., NC 12 Apr 2009 | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Roadside in Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Short branches are often thorn-tipped. | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Roadside in Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Callery Pear is rapidly becoming one of North Carolina's worst exotic invasive plants. Planting it should be avoided. | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Roadside in Durham Co., NC 22 Mar 2009 Bark of fairly small trees is smooth with bumps (lenticels) that are wider than tall. | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Planted in yard in Durham Co., NC 12 Apr 2009 Bark detail of older tree, complete with rows of holes from a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and some children's paint! | |
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) Durham Co., NC 10 March 2009 Planted 'Bradford' Callery Pears are often found along streets and in parking lots, such as this one near Cameron Indoor Stadium on the Duke University campus. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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