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Pyrus calleryana

Callery Pear at Mount Majura

Pyrus calleryana at Mount Majura - 1 Apr 2024 04:56 PM
Pyrus calleryana at Mount Majura - 1 Apr 2024 04:56 PM
Pyrus calleryana at Mount Majura - 1 Apr 2024 04:56 PM
Pyrus calleryana at Mount Majura - 1 Apr 2024 04:56 PM
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Pyrus calleryana 3 Apr 2024 Tapirlord
Pyrus calleryana 2 Apr 2024 abread111
Prunus sp. 2 Apr 2024 waltraud

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In grassy woodland, cut and painted.

4 comments

abread111 wrote:
   2 Apr 2024
Pyrus and Prunus are very similar when you just have leaves to look at... this one has wavy edges as well as the serrations, which makes me think it could be Callery Pear.
waltraud wrote:
   3 Apr 2024
Tapirlord, do you have suggestions how to differentiate the two when they are young and in leaf only stage?
Tapirlord wrote:
   3 Apr 2024
I wouldn't say that 'wavy edges & serrations' is diagnostic of Pyrus over Prunus but agree with Barb that this is a Pear. Pears usually have a leaf that is more circular in shape, many plums have leaves that approach lanceolate. To be frank I tend to eyeball them, it ultimately does not really matter as they are both about as weedy as each other
Katy wrote:
   21 Mar 2025
Hi
Just the same question again to confirm for the data

Do you think this was planted deliberately, or sown by seed dispersal or grown from a sucker?

Thanks,
Kate

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