*Pyrus calleryana Decaisne. Bradford Pear, Callery Pear. Phen: Late Feb-Apr; Aug-Oct. Hab: Commonly planted and persistent, now an aggressive naturalizer in fields, roadsides, and disturbed areas across most of our region. Dist: 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, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Va, WH3; = n/a – C, F, G, S, S13, Tat

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Heliophily ?: 8