Pear - Pyrus communis
Leaves rounded, shiny, toothed near tip. Flowers white, long stalked with 5 petals.
Woodland edge and hedgerows.
Flowers in April and May.
Perennial.
Occasional but fairly widespread.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 13 of the 617 tetrads.
Saharima Roenisch
Spinney Hill Park
04 April 2017
Mark Skevington
Croft Hill
14 September 2020
Saharima Roenisch
Beacon Hill Country Park
15 April 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Spinney Hill Park
04 April 2017
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Species profile
- Common names
- Pear
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Rosales
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 21
- First record:
- 26/04/2009 (Semper, Alan)
- Last record:
- 06/10/2023 (Calow, Graham)
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steven lewis
welby
20 October 2015
David Nicholls
Oakthorpe
04 May 2019
Melinda Bell
Loughborough,Beacon Hill
07 October 2020
Alan Semper
Melton Country Park
26 April 2009
