# Callery pear

*Pyrus calleryana*

Its beautiful spring blossoms are notorious for producing an unpleasant odor, often compared to rotting fish, to attract fly pollinators.

- **Taxonomy:** Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Rosales › Rosaceae › Pyrus
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** increasing
- **Biome:** urban
- **Habitat:** Urban landscapes, abandoned fields, forest edges, and disturbed roadsides.
- **Diet:** Water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight (photosynthesis).
- **Range:** North America, China, Vietnam, Japan
- **Size:** 10-15 meters (30-50 feet) tall
- **Lifespan:** 15-25 years
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Target of eradication efforts due to its highly invasive nature; susceptible to structural collapse from ice and wind storms.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless to touch, but exercise caution around mature trees during storms, as their brittle wood is prone to sudden splitting. Wild-growing escapees may possess sharp, woody thorns.

## About

Pyrus calleryana , the Callery pear , is a species of pear native to China and Vietnam, in the family Rosaceae. It is a deciduous tree growing to 5 to 8 m (16 to 26 ft) tall, often with a conic to rounded crown. The leaves are oval, 4 to 8 cm (1.6 to 3.1 in) long, glossy dark green above, and slightly paler below. The white, five-petaled flowers are about 2 to 2.5 cm (0.79 to 0.98 in) in diameter. They are produced...

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/585e8bd1-29c4-4a24-b87c-64aa6fd132d3
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119793
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrus calleryana
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/269351075/medium.jpg (Benjamin Smith, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

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