Taxonomy
Pyrus pyraster | Wild Pear | Piorra fiáin
Distribution
Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Neophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Hedges
Life cycle
Perennial
Ex-situ conservation
Material held by the Irish Seed Savers Association.
Use
Food crop
Vegetative nature
Woody
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2025
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Further information
Pyrus pyraster and Pyrus communis are scarcely distinguishable and perhaps not specifically distinct from one another. Most likely arising from formally cultivated stock. Pyrus pyraster is the CWR of the cultivated pear.