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*Pyrus calleryana Decaisne. Subgenus: Pashia. Common name: Bradford Pear, Callery Pear. Phenology: Late Feb-Apr; Aug-Oct. Habitat: Commonly planted and persistent, now an aggressive naturalizer in fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas across most of our region. Distribution: Native of China.

Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia

Taxonomy Comments: Some of the stock naturalizing may be of hybrids and horticultural selections involving additional species, including P. betulifolia Bunge and P. bretschneideri Rehder.

Other Comments: This species has become an aggressive naturalizer in much of our area (Nesom 2000c; Vincent 2005; Culley & Hardiman 2007).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA9, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Va, WH3, Jin et al (2024); = n/a — C, F, G, S, S13, Tat. Basionym: Pyrus calleryana Decne. 1858 [1872]

Links to other floras: = Pyrus calleryana - FNA9

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