Our Ohio ecosystem with its rich diversity of plant life is everchanging. It is difficult to judge the future results of ...

Introduced in the mid-1960s, the popular cultivar of Callery pear was once a favorite among landscapers. They were also pest-resistant and disease-free. Today, these trees are known to be an invasive ...

Spring has sprung, and the flowers are blooming. Though it should be smelling pleasant this time of the year, you might walk past the Bradford pear tree and hold your breath. As of January 2023 ...

From beloved to banished, cities and states are outlawing cultivars of the Callery pear, a popular, yet highly invasive, ...

is a common non-native tree that has grown in popularity due to its pretty foliage. The Callery pear species is a medium-sized tree that reaches a height of up to 40 feet, per the Western ...

Many people find the smell that emits from the Bradford Pear to closely resemble the smell of urine or rotting fish. It is meant to attract pollinators like blowflies, but it has the unfortunate side ...

They've been on the prohibited plants list in Massachusetts since September of last year. Currently, you are not allowed to ...

the popular cultivar of Callery pear was once a favorite among landscapers. They were also pest-resistant and disease-free. Today, these trees are known to be an invasive species, growing rapidly ...

the Bradford pear trees pose an ecological threat to native plants, said Karro Frost, a plant restoration biologist with MassWildlife, as well as member of the Massachusetts Invasive Species ...