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Pyrus salicifolia (Willow-leafed Pear)

Synonyms: Pyrus argyrophylla; Pyrus salicifolia f. pendula; Pyrus salicifolia pendula

Wikipedia Abstract

Pyrus salicifolia is a species of pear, native to the Middle East. It is widely grown as an ornamental tree, almost always as a pendulous (or "weeping") cultivar, and is called by various common names, including willow-leaved pear, weeping pear, and similar. The tree is deciduous and of comparatively small stature, rarely reaching 10–12 meters in height. The crown is rounded. It has pendulous, silvery foliage, superficially similar to a weeping willow. The flowers are large and pure white highlighted with black-tipped stamens although the buds are tipped with red. The small green fruits are inedible, being hard and astringent.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Tree
Usage [2]  Plants have extensive root systems and can be used for binding sands;
Height [2]  25 feet (7.5 m)
Width [2]  13.12 feet (4 m)
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Predators

Cacopsylla pyrisuga[3]
Chionaspis furfura (Harris's bark-louse)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0