PUBLICATION W1924G
The Introduction, Spread, and Control of Non-Native, Invasive Species in Tennessee Forests: Callery Pear
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Summary
Callery pear, including Bradford pear and related cultivars, spread widely after being planted as ornamentals. While single cultivars are often self-sterile, nearby cultivars cross-pollinate, producing fruit eaten by birds and carried into fields, roadsides, and forests. Trees also resprout heavily and can form thorny thickets. Effective control focuses on killing roots with herbicides using foliar sprays on small trees, basal bark treatments on smaller stems, or hack and squirt and cut stump treatments on larger trees, with follow up to stop resprouting.
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