Tree 4: Bradford Pear: Pyrus calleryana

This Bradford Pear was in the parking lot of the Staples store in Willow Grove. the variety is unknown.

From the University of Connecticut plant database:
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/p/pyrcal/pyrcal1.html


Pyrus calleryana
Callery Pear, Bradford Pear
Rosaceae

Habitat

• native to Korea and Japan
• zone 5

Habit and Form

• a medium-sized deciduous tree
• tear-drop shaped in youth and spreading out with age
• 30' to 40' tall and about one-third as wide
• fast growth rate
• medium texture