Horticulutre 221
Identification Characteristics - Tree List #3
J. E. Klett

ROSACEAE

Pyrus ussuriensis - Ussurian Pear

Leaves - Alternate, orbicular-ovate to ovate, acuminate, rounded or subcordate at base,
             2-5” long, serrate, glabrous or nearly so.

Twigs - Glabrous or nearly so, yellow-gray to purple brown the 2nd year and older
            branches usually yellow-gray or yellowish brown.

Flowers - 1-2" across, petals obovate and gradually narrowed toward the base with pink
              buds which open to 1 1/2” blossoms.

Buds - Pointed with purplish black color.

Fruit - Subglobose, short-stalked and greenish-yellow in color.

Growth Habit - Vigorous dense growth habit, being oval to pyramidal in form.

      
                HABIT                                                                    FALL COLOR                                                                             FLOWER AND STEMS
Sorbus americana - American Mountain Ash
   
               HABIT                                                                                    FRUIT