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| Don't Plant Bradford Pears |
admin writes, "Bradford Pear Trees,
Callery pear (Bradford pear)
Rosales > Rosaceae > Pyrus calleryana Dcne
A Problem For Our Natural Forests
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Bradford Pear trees, I must admit are beautiful, symmetrical and the first to flower in the spring, but Beware!
Originally they were introduced to the US in the 1960’s as a sterile tree. It would still produce small fruit but they would be sterile. Then we found out that the trunk would begin to split when it matured, and break off in high winds. Not a pretty sight. So we produced a cultivar, the Cleveland Pear that would make it less apt to split. This is where our problems began. Now that they were crossed with another species, the fruit was no longer sterile. The birds would eat the fruit and deposit the seed in the Missouri (an other states) forests. It does not support any wildlife except the European Starling.
These seeds would produce a rapidly growing tree, and are spreading so quickly and are becoming invasive in our forests pushing out our native dogwoods and redbuds that also bloom in the spring.
Submitted by Nancy Segall/Master Gardener
Think twice before planting a Bradford Pear tree. They may be beautiful, but have a short life, split or break their trunks in a moderate wind and are invasive to our natural habitat forcing out the trees and plant life that would normally feed our wildlife.
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Posted on May 05, 2007 15:42pm.
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