Partnerships
Fuel Callery
Pear Buy-Back
Event in St. Louis
By Tina Casagrand,
Missouri Invasive
Plant Task
Force (MoIP)
INVASIVE TREE
BUY-BACK:
CALLERY PEAR
M O I N V A S I V E P L A N T T A S K F O R C E & F O R E S T R E L E A F
D E T A I L S A T M O I N V A S I V E S . O R G
@ M O I N V A S I V E S
FOREST RELEAF
COMMUNITREE GARDENS
NURSERY
APRIL 26, 2019, 9 AM-4 PM
GET A FREE MISSOURI
NATIVE TREE!
Do your part to reduce
this highly invasive tree
that causes difficulties
for landowners!
Cut down a Callery
(Bradford) pear on your
property.
Take a selfie.
Bring photo 4/26 or email
info@moinvasives.org
Like so many other regions,
nearly every corner of Missouri
has been hit hard with the
spread of Callery pear. Callery
pears are self-sterile, but it turns
out they readily cross-pollinate
with other cultivars. Also, the
rootstock upon which a Bradford
pear is grafted will sometimes
sprout, eventually yielding
flowers and viable pollen.
Fortunately, Missourians are
often out in front with innovative
approaches to urban forestry
and invasive plant control. >>
Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force (MoIP) member
Dr. Reid Smeda, discusses best management
practices for controlling Callery pear against a
backdrop of hundreds of the trees that took over
an empty lot in Columbia. Photo Courtesy MoIP
www.urban-forestry.com 29
