Pyrus salicifolia Pallas - Willow-leaved Pear

Distribution:
A59 roundabout (SD4723, DP Earl, 1995); Ince-in-Makerfield (SD6004, DP Earl & SP Toone, 2003); by Booths supermarket, Penwortham (SD5227, DP Earl & J Earl, 2010).

Habitat:
Areas planted with shrubs and trees.

Comments:
Neophyte, grown for ornament and as a graft stock. A small tree with narrow felted grey leaves; native to Iran, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan.