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Pyrus pyrasterWild PearSlo.: divja hruka, hruka drobnicaDat.: April 18. 2011Lat.: 46.34977 Long.: 13.51993Code: Bot_505/2011_IMG4403 Habitat: Steep, south oriented, warm mountain slope, grassland, rocky calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitation ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Bovec basin, Planja slope under Mt. Vratni vrh, 1.996 m (6.549 feet), below the paragliding take-off place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing solitary. Ref.:(1) Personal communication with Dr. Igor Dakskobler.(2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 529.(3) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 277.
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2011-05-07 Burgenland, district Mattersburg (Kogelberg, 290 msm Quadrant 8264/4).German name: sterreich-BirneMany thanks to Georg Schramayr for presenting this interesting cultivar on excursion:This pear tree cultivar (see also other shots, linked below) has a bark similar to oak, branches which are arcing downwards (while it's all upwards growth with branches of Pyrus pyraster), leaves which are hairy and tiny fruit with a peculiar round-ish shape. It is not a grafted one but a 'true' hybrid, reproduction is possible either through seeds or through root sprouts.The populations in Eastern Austria (mainly Burgenland and neighbouring Lower Austria) are very diverse - or, as Georg Schramayr put it, each tree is individual, slightly different from others: so those seem to be a true hybrid swarm which hasn't reached the stage of fixed features.They were once cultivated in the entire region but now are dwindling rapidly in numbers; of their assumed parents, Pyrus pyraster still is fairly common (but still endangered as modern agriculture has little use for their fruit) while Pyrus nivalis is extremely rare in Austria - if not already extinct (it is still not too uncommon in neighbouring Hungary though). Parentage of Pyrus austriaca however is disputed, or so it seems.In some regions (noticeably, Eastern Styria and Bucklige Welt in Lower Austria) some plantations still exist, the fruit is marketed as 'cherry pear' (because of size and shape of their fruit).The tree shown here, according to Georg Schramayr, is the only one left in this part of Kogelberg, but there exist more elsewhere, e. g. in Rosaliengebirge.
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Guildford, England, United Kingdom
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Dobbs Ferry, NY (April 27, 2015)
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Pyrus pyrasterWild PearSlo.: divja hruka, hruka drobnicaDat.: April 18. 2011Lat.: 46.34977 Long.: 13.51993Code: Bot_505/2011_IMG4403 Habitat: Steep, south oriented, warm mountain slope, grassland, rocky calcareous ground, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitation ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 1.030 m (3.400 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: Bovec basin, Planja slope under Mt. Vratni vrh, 1.996 m (6.549 feet), below the paragliding take-off place, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing solitary. Ref.:(1) Personal communication with Dr. Igor Dakskobler.(2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 529.(3) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 277.
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2011-05-07 Burgenland, district Mattersburg (Kogelberg, 290 msm Quadrant 8264/4).Twig/leaves; note hairy underside (the 'woolly' hair can be rubbed off, as I've done here on some places) and the 'rings' on the twigs which are typical for this species.
See comments here.
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Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Cultivado.Introducido, asilvestrado, naturalizado.Familia: ROSACEAESinnimos: Pyrus malus pyraster ; Pyrus communis pyraster;Pyrus pyraster; Pyrus communis achras; Pyrus achras.Distribucin: El peral asilvestrado, en alguna de sus formas de variacin, solo se cita en Flora Iberica, de cuatro provincias espaolas, entre ellas, Huesca, donde se reparte por Pirineo y Prepirineo. Hbitat: En margenes y claros forestales (pinares, quejigales, abetales y bosques mixtos), pies de cantil y las formas subespontneas del peral comn (ver comentarios) cerca de prados, cultivos y otro ambientes humanizados prximos a los ncleos habitados.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente. Los ejemplares asilvestrados aparecen preferentemente en suelos bsicos.Rango altitudinal: 300- 1400 m Floracin: Abril - MayoForma Biolgica: FanerfitoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Pyrus malus L.ROSACEAELocal: Siclia, Itlia.
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Sant quirze Safaja: Catalua. Espaa
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Dobbs Ferry, NY (April 27, 2015)
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2011-05-07 Burgenland, district Mattersburg (Kogelberg, 290 msm Quadrant 8264/4).Last year's fruit, completely dried-up; they're sweet and good for eating, small though they are; in some regions they're cultivated under the name of 'cherry pears' ('cherry' really is a comment on their size rather than anything else, of course they're not related to cherries as such).
See comments here.
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Zaragoza: Aragn (Espaa)Cultivado.Introducido, asilvestrado, naturalizado.Familia: ROSACEAESinnimos: Pyrus malus pyraster ; Pyrus communis pyraster;Pyrus pyraster; Pyrus communis achras; Pyrus achras.Distribucin: El peral asilvestrado, en alguna de sus formas de variacin, solo se cita en Flora Iberica, de cuatro provincias espaolas, entre ellas, Huesca, donde se reparte por Pirineo y Prepirineo. Hbitat: En margenes y claros forestales (pinares, quejigales, abetales y bosques mixtos), pies de cantil y las formas subespontneas del peral comn (ver comentarios) cerca de prados, cultivos y otro ambientes humanizados prximos a los ncleos habitados.Preferencia edfica: Indiferente. Los ejemplares asilvestrados aparecen preferentemente en suelos bsicos.Rango altitudinal: 300- 1400 m Floracin: Abril - MayoForma Biolgica: FanerfitoExtractado del Atlas de la Flora de Aragn (Herbario de Jaca)
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Pyrus malus L.ROSACEAELocal: Siclia, Itlia.
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Dobbs Ferry, NY (April 27, 2015)