Pyrus canescens
No common name on file.
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Pyrus canescens, resembling the widely planted Pyrus calleryana, is a deciduous tree with a rounded canopy and showy white flowers in early spring, which can have an offensive odor. It provides attractive reddish-purple to bronze-red autumn foliage and small fruits that attract birds. This species demonstrates high tolerance to urban conditions like drought and air pollution, but its vigorous growth can lead to invasiveness in some areas.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 130.01%44 yr—
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 50 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- Taiwan subtropical evergreen forests
Other Pyrus in the catalogue
13 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
