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§1 Plant
Pyrus communis L.
vernacular common pear — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Pyrus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 456 counties across 38 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -18 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 175 min.
- Precipitation
- 35–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.2–6.7
- Root depth
- 30 in min.
- Fertility need
- High
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 40 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 15,040
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- Medium
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 456 counties across 38 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 I ▾
California view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McHenry 17111
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Scott 17171
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 28 I ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Campbell 21037
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jackson 21109
- Jessamine 21113
- Letcher 21133
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 36 I ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 20 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 85 I ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Delaware 39041
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Gallia 39053
- Geauga 39055
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Harrison 39067
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Mahoning 39099
- Marion 39101
- Medina 39103
- Meigs 39105
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Monroe 39111
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Morrow 39117
- Muskingum 39119
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Perry 39127
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Richland 39139
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Tuscarawas 39157
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Vinton 39163
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 29 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Chester 42029
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Philadelphia 42101
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 34 I ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Surry 51181
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
Washington view state ↗ 7 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PYCO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5362573 ↗Record version
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