Pyrus calleryana
Callery Pear at Mount Majura
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| Pyrus calleryana | Tapirlord | 3 Apr 2024 | |
| Pyrus calleryana | abread111 | 2 Apr 2024 | |
| Prunus sp. | waltraud | 2 Apr 2024 |
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In grassy woodland, cut and painted.
4 comments
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.
3 Apr 2024
Tapirlord, do you have suggestions how to differentiate the two when they are young and in leaf only stage?
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
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
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
Location information
- Coordinates 149.168761-35.228961
- Altitude 629.4m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 1 Apr 2024 04:56 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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Species information
- Pyrus calleryana Scientific name
- Callery Pear Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Medium weed or pest
- Up to 747.12m Recorded at altitude
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Seasonal activity
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In flower
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