Plymouth pear  (Pyrus cordata)

Learn about the scientific name of this species and how it fits into the tree of life at Nature Navigator.

Range

The plant is restricted to Western Europe with populations in France, particularly Brittany, and the north-western regions of Spain and Portugal. In Britain it is found on only two wild sites together with some transplanted trees within the city of Plymouth in Devon and near Truro in Cornwall.

You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

Habitat

Although the UK population survives in hedgerows, it is thought originally to have been a component of mixed deciduous woodland and, in Brittany, the plant still occurs in this habitat.

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