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DonHo-kieHi
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Pyrus calleryana aka Bradford Pear Trees. Ugly, stinky, invasive. They are

A vicious weed.
Link: Bradford Pear bans, coming to a state near you
Posted: 03/03/2026 at 06:58 PM ET
(In response to this post by Baltimore Hokie)

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What's your favorite invasive species?
Baltimore Hokie • 03/03/26 01:36 PM ET
Pyrus calleryana aka Bradford Pear Trees. Ugly, stinky, invasive. They are ◄
DonHo-kieHi • 03/03/26 06:58 PM ET
They suck...and way overplanted **
Tuckahokie • 03/04/26 08:27 AM ET
They've been banned in a lot of places...
`lag • 03/04/26 10:35 AM ET
...da 3o4.**
bourbonstreet • 03/03/26 06:52 PM ET
English Ivy**
Happy Dog • 03/03/26 06:40 PM ET
Surprised no one has said joro spider or lantern fly**
Baltimore Hokie • 03/03/26 05:28 PM ET
Stink Bugs ....
VaTechie • 03/03/26 05:21 PM ET
Kudzu**
Victory Ticker • 03/03/26 05:11 PM ET
Blue-haired female Pennsylvanian widow.**
PhotoHokieNC • 03/03/26 04:57 PM ET
There is only 1 choice, deadly as that choice may be . . . **
RhinoVT • 03/03/26 04:49 PM ET
Pablo Escobar’s hippos You didn’t say USA**
Va AandM • 03/03/26 04:34 PM ET
They have a herd down there...they started with 4...**
EDGEMAN • 03/03/26 05:18 PM ET
oh oh oh! This One!**
UTPr0sim • 03/03/26 04:16 PM ET
Miss the Discovery channel python catching program **
TomTurkey • 03/03/26 04:14 PM ET
This time of year, daffodils....**
Hokebury • 03/03/26 03:38 PM ET
I'm partial to Homo Sapiens myself
Beerman • 03/03/26 03:35 PM ET
If GAIA hadn't wanted us to do this, we'd have been lens wipes.**
PhotoHokieNC • 03/03/26 05:00 PM ET
Hard to argue there!**
HOKIERIT • 03/03/26 04:07 PM ET
Russian olive trees
WestyHokie • 03/03/26 02:05 PM ET
Eh...the data suggests that the python issue is mostly NOT bad owners
JoesterVT • 03/03/26 02:04 PM ET
Easy to say..Andrew is not here to defend itself!**
HOKIERIT • 03/03/26 04:08 PM ET
The Andrew formally know as Prince?**
turkeywinghokie • 03/03/26 04:37 PM ET
D'oh!😵‍💫⛈️**
HOKIERIT • 03/03/26 07:09 PM ET
What were the breeding facilities for? Pets? I don't really see that as
reestuart • 03/03/26 02:51 PM ET
Like down at the Snake Farm...just ask Ray Willie Hubbard->**
HOKIERIT • 03/03/26 04:12 PM ET
Experiments, I assume Snake-man will be slithering his way
hoosnowahokie • 03/03/26 03:29 PM ET
Short article I read said they were for the exotic pet industry.**
reestuart • 03/03/26 05:14 PM ET
Orion Slave Girls**
Brown Water • 03/03/26 02:04 PM ET
Look - it's Misty, Savannah, and Sage**
vt90 • 03/03/26 02:51 PM ET
I’m a big fan of the Northern Snakehead. Terrorizing the Chesapeake Bay
Stork • 03/03/26 01:54 PM ET
Zebra mussels, screwing up lakes & reservoirs.**
7Hokie1 • 03/03/26 01:48 PM ET
Torn between Emerald Ash Borer and The Spotted Lanternfly**
Tuckahokie • 03/03/26 05:20 PM ET
Yeah, a few Ashes lining the streets have been cut down.
`lag • 03/04/26 10:31 AM ET
Great trees...sad to see 'em die slowly**
Tuckahokie • 03/04/26 12:02 PM ET
I’ll go with iguanas. Seem relatively harmless unless you get hit on the
RoswellGAHokie • 03/03/26 01:41 PM ET
Yeah but at least they are good eatin'**
Baltimore Hokie • 03/03/26 01:58 PM ET
Tastes like chicken!**
reestuart • 03/03/26 02:52 PM ET
Chicken of the trees**
turkeywinghokie • 03/03/26 04:39 PM ET
LOL. I saw several videos of people cooking them up. I even saw a guy
reestuart • 03/03/26 05:16 PM ET
Tijuana has the best bbq'd ones**
No Clue • 03/03/26 02:30 PM ET
Ate there with Stan Ridgeway once.
Late 80s Hokie • 03/03/26 03:34 PM ET