{"id":2111,"date":"2020-04-13T17:29:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/?p=2111"},"modified":"2020-04-13T17:29:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T17:29:46","slug":"callery-pears-a-tree-that-really-stinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/13\/callery-pears-a-tree-that-really-stinks\/","title":{"rendered":"Callery Pears &#8211; A Tree that Really Stinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Love them or hate them, the white blossoms of the Callery pear tree (also known as Bradford pear) let us know that spring has arrived. Planted as a popular ornamental tree across the United States for decades, the rapid spread of volunteer Callery pears has been causing a lot of concern lately.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Orbis Arborist &amp; Wetland Ecologist Amelia Harris\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200818_Callery-Pears.pdf\">short article<\/a> for an interesting history of this popular tree, its current status, and what the future may hold.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200818_Callery-Pears.pdf\">here<\/a> to download the article.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2120\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2120 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/orbisec.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200411_164344-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Callery Pear Tree growing under a local utility line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Love them or hate them, the white blossoms of the Callery pear tree (also known as Bradford pear) let us know that spring has arrived. Planted as a popular ornamental tree across the United States for decades, the rapid spread of volunteer Callery pears has been causing a lot of concern lately. Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-2111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecology","category-native-plants","tag-invasive-species"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orbisec.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}