Pyrus calleryana
Callery Pear at Ainslie, ACT
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| Pyrus calleryana | MichaelMulvaney | 26 Apr 2026 | |
| Pyrus calleryana | abread111 | 24 Apr 2026 | |
| Pyrus ussuriensis | Tapirlord | 28 Sep 2025 | |
| Pyrus ussuriensis | abread111 | 26 Sep 2025 |
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Almost finished flowering. Where the trunk had been damaged at ground level, there were some shoots. Photos show leaf edge, which is a feature distinguishing Manchurian Pear from Callery Pear. These trees probably planted in the 1960s.
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27 Sep 2025
I can see hairs but leaf edge does not match Hortflora "Leaves mostly 5-10 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, rounded, pointed, with bristly teeth, hairless,"
27 Sep 2025
@Mike I went to this location because it is listed in https://www.woodcraftguild.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ACT-STREET-TREES.pdf which covers plantings up to early 2001, and it is close by!
The leaves are not fully expanded yet, but the measurements of the biggest ones are OK and the shape is also right. The leaf lamina has no hairs, front or back. The only "hairs" are the bristles on the edge serrations.
There are 203 streets with plantings of this species, sure to be one not too far away.
Only 21 streets with P. calleryana, mostly Red Spire, and only one Bradford, at Anzac Park, Reid. I wonder if it is still there?
The leaves are not fully expanded yet, but the measurements of the biggest ones are OK and the shape is also right. The leaf lamina has no hairs, front or back. The only "hairs" are the bristles on the edge serrations.
There are 203 streets with plantings of this species, sure to be one not too far away.
Only 21 streets with P. calleryana, mostly Red Spire, and only one Bradford, at Anzac Park, Reid. I wonder if it is still there?
13 Oct 2025
@Mike I've had a look at several of the Callery pear trees near the reserve in north Watson, and they do have a few hairs along the leaf edges, but not at the tip - and not nearly as many as in this Manchurian Pear. But it is not an all or nothing situation, unfortunately. So the only other thing is the persistence of the calyx on the ripe fruit in Manchurian.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.144685-35.258057
- Altitude 606.0m
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 26 Sep 2025 02:19 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
- Yes Planted
- Yes In flower
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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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In flower
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