callery pear (Pyrus calleryana)
Family: Rosaceae
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| Form:
This is a medium size reaching a maximum height of 60 ft. It has narrow branches and a rounded crown. |
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Leaves: Shape: Heart shaped to oval Margin: finely serrate margins Texture: leathery, lustrous, glabrous Variation: pinnate |
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| Bark:
The bark is smooth with many lenticels when young becoming grayish-brown with shallow furrows when older. |
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| Twigs and Buds:
The twigs are stout and brownish in color with ridges running from base to leaf scar. The buds are elongate-ovoid and intensely woolly. |
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| Flowers and Fruit:
It forms clusters of white flowers and has a brown pomes for a fruit. |
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| Distinguishing Characteristics:
Heart shaped leaves, white flowers. Medium sized tree. |
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| Range:
Exotic from China |
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| Silvics:
N/A |
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| Ecological and Cultural Importance:
It is a planted ornamental. |
