Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Bradford Pear at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pyrus calleryana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrus calleryana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bradford Pear, Callery Pear
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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
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm080324_020
March Greenville County SC
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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.
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm181111_5867
November Williamsburg County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow s041130_a
November Greenville County SC
Parking lot
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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.
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm071203_006
December Greenville County SC
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Homes across the road are landscaped with this invasive (see March pics).