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“Naturnah” / Close to nature

#photography #streetphotography #urbannature #tree #flowers #bloomscrolling #callerypear #spring #springvibes

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“Naturnah” / Close to nature

It’s easy to feel detached from nature in a big city, but spring reminds us that nature is everywhere.

#photography #streetphotography #urbannature #spring #tree #callerypear #flowers #bloomscrolling

My state’s general assembly just passed a bill banning the sale of various invasive species. By a landslide 124-19 🤩 See? You can get conservation work done, even in purple and red states. Yay!

No more sale of all varieties of Japanese honeysuckle, sericea lespedeza, perilla mint, burning bush and Callery pear

https://www.stlpr.org/news-briefs/2025-05-15/missouri-passed-ban-selling-callery-pears-invasive-plants

#Missouri #InvasiveSpecies #conservation #JapaneseHoneysuckle #BushHoneysuckle #SericeaLespedeza #PerillaMint #burningbush #callerypear #BradfordPear

@TheConversationUS

Perfection sometimes (or, perhaps always) has hidden price
The sad tale of the pearfect tree

#CalleryPear #UnitedStates #InvasiveSpecies #InvasivePlants

Interesting information on how a tree that was originally sterile is now horribly invasive, spreading like wildfire across the countryside. #InvasivePlants #CalleryPear #Trees

https://arboretum.harvard.edu/stories/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-ornamental-callery-pear-tree/

Many states have Callery/bradford pear bounties. Google around for detail. Programs vary, but typically you just need a photo of a fresh cut bad guy and the state or a nonprofit will give you a native tree in exchange, for free. These terrible plants are a real problem. The first step is knowledge so please help spread the word. We need to evangelize native species.

#invasivespecies #callerypear #bradfordpear #Plantnative

This garbage plant supports zero species of caterpillar, and its fruit is sugary and lacking fat. Of course, we need plants that support caterpillars because birds need caterpillars. Even birds that eat seed feed their babies caterpillars. Callery pear fruit is like donuts— yummy and devoid of nutrition. The birds love it and are happy to spread the seed. #invasivespecies #callerypear #bradfordpear #Plantnative

Like all invasive species, because it originated elsewhere, and is introduced here it lacks natural predators and disease. It out competes local species and escapes captivity to take over unkept areas, like a cancer.

#invasivespecies #callerypear #bradfordpear #Plantnative

This garbage species originated in Asia. But it is “pretty”, so homeowners, landscapers and business buy and plant them. Nurseries sell them because $.

They are banned in some #Midwest states. The #MoLeg considered a ban but republicans hate regulation unless it’s on Women.

#invasivespecies #callerypear #bradfordpear #Plantnative

Hello. I hate invasive species. You should too. Last fall folks seemed to dig my rants about #BushHoneysuckle. So today I’ll rail against another species that doesn’t belong here and really pisses me off because it is destroying the #Midwest ecosystem: Callery or “Bradford” pear.

#invasivespecies #callerypear #bradfordpear #Plantnative

Callery Pear tree flowers budding.

#flowers #flower #floral #florespondence #art #mastoart #artodon #artmatters #artofmastodon #artonmastodon #ayearforart #photo #photos #photography #flowerphotography #flowerart #flowersofmastodon #closeup #flowerlover #garden #plants #gardening #PhotographyIsArt #Digitalphotography #artspam #CalleryPear #spring #AltText

https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=prme
#BradfordPear #CalleryPear is rightly vilified, but keep an eye out for a lookalike this time of year: #MexicanPlum! #Prunusmexicanus. Blooms from #native Mexican Plum smell as lovely as those of invasive Bradford Pear smell awful.

Flowers on our Callery Pear tree.

These were taken around now in 2020. In 2020 everything in our yard bloomed pretty early. There's only the slightest hint of life on that tree right now.

#flowers #flower #floral #florespondence #photo #photos #photography #flowerphotography #flowerart #flowersofmastodon #flowerlover #PhotographyIsArt #Digitalphotography #artspam #callerypear #spring #AltText

Flowers on a Callery Pear tree.

#callerypear #flowers #Photoshop #gmic #photo #photography #mondayphoto #nature #trees #art #mastoart #mastophoto #nature

Ornamental Pears are illegal in Ohio, considered an invasive plant.

Nurseries have stopped planting them, and they can only sell their existing stocks for a few more years. As of January 1, 2023, Callery pear will be illegal to sell, grow, or plant in Ohio.

#Plants #Nursery #Horticulture #OrnamentalPears #Tree #ArborDay #trees #ohio #Legal #laws #CalleryPear

https://www.peoplesdefender.com/2022/11/17/ornamental-pears-are-illegal-in-ohio/