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Callery Pear

Pyrus calleryana

Description:

The Callery pear is an invasive species in many areas of eastern North America, outcompeting many native plants and trees.[2] In the northeastern United States, wild Callery pears sometimes form extensive, nearly pure stands in old fields, along roadsides, and in similar disturbed areas.

Habitat:

Spotted growing next to road on top of Kennesaw Mountain

Notes:

Note thorns growing near blossoms.

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QWMom
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Georgia, USA

Spotted on Mar 22, 2013
Submitted on Mar 22, 2013

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