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Plant distribution:
Height:
This pear tree grows to a height of between 10 and 17 meters tall.
Leaf and Bark Type:
The leaves are simple, alternate in leaf arrangement and can grow up to 3 inches long. They are shiny , dark green, and leathery. The bark is gray-brown, smooth on young trees and splits into scales with age. The cultivated trees are thornless while the wild types have thorns at the end of their twigs.
Where does it grow and in what conditions:
Gow best in full sun but will tolerate part shade, They survive in a variety of growing conditions so are a very popular landscaping tree. The tree is adaptable to many different soils, drought, heat, cold as well as polution. It grows in the easter part of the United States from Texas and up to Pennsylvania.
Pollinators:
Wind pollinates this pear. Wind pollinated flowers are normally small, not showy, and produce large ammounts of pollen.
Flowers:
The floweres come out in early spring before the leaves and have five white petals as well as a pinkish filament.
Fruit:
The fruit of the Bradford pear is small, hard, brown, and sparce on the tree.
Uses:
This tree is most notably used ornamentally
GPS location
Submitted by Clifton and Yarbrough
Citations:
http://www.nps.gov/Plants/alien/pubs/midatlantic/pyca.htm
http://www.harnett.org/coop/March-7-2008-ask-the-hort-agent.asp
http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/trees/hgic1006.html
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