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enable it to grow on very dry soils. The tree requires a lot of light and is often found in the open landscape. It occurs in thickets and open woods with cool-temperate climates, in lowlands, hills and sometimes in the mountains, at 0–1,400 metres (0–4,593 ft) above sea level.
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Under good growing conditions, wild pear trees have a remarkably slender form with a characteristic rising crown. In less favourable conditions they show other characteristic growth forms, such as one-sided or extremely low crowns.
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sites and are occasionally mentioned in medieval documents. It is likely that pears spread to Britain after their domestication with early farmers and subsequently escaped into the wild. Its establishment in the
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Wild pear can grow on almost all soils, except the most acidic ones. However, owing to its weak competitive ability, the species exists mostly on extreme or marginal sites. Its
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and 15–20 metres (49–66 ft) as a tree. Unlike the cultivated form, the branches have thorns. The leaves are ovate with serrated margins. The flowers have white petals. The
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The "wild pears" of England and Wales are actually thought to be domesticates that
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is probably due to human migration, with the trees belonging to one of the
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Han, Jun-Soo; Cheon, Kyeong-Sik; Kim, Kyung-Ah; Yoo, Ki-Oug (2012-08-29).
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plant reaching 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft) in height as medium-sized
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Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982. Vol. I, pag. 603
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Proceedings of the VIIIth International Symposium on Pear
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Edward Milner – Trees of Britain and Ireland, page 113
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subspecies instead of the true wild pear species of
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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Rosales
Rosaceae
Pyrus
Binomial name
L.
Burgsd.
Synonyms

natural monument
Bayreuth
syn.
pear
Rosaceae
Pyrus communis
interfertile
deciduous
shrub
stamens
styles
Pyrus ussuriensis
Western Europe
Caucasus

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