| Scientific Name: | Pyrus communis |
| Common Name: | European pear, common pear |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | Europe, South Asia / India |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 10 - 15m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar, Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Dried flower or fruit, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Ovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, Pink, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pome, (Accessory tissue), Yellow, Green-yellow, Green, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves elliptic, ovate, most blades 5-12cm long x 2-8cm wide, margin serrate; corymbs, most with 10-20 florets each 2-3cm wide, 5 white concave petals, 5 green sepals, many stamens, 5 stigmas; pomes (pears) yellow to brownish when ripe, most 8-12cm long. Winter ID: bark grey-brown/flat ridges at the top; red-brown branches; buds scaly, slightly tomentose, acute. | |