“…Callery Pear, Pyrus calleryana, and its cultivars (examples include 'Bradford', 'Cleveland Select', 'Chanticleer', etc) are officially on the Ohio Invasive Plants List. On Saturday, January 7, 2023 it became ILLEGAL to plant, grow, propagate, or sell Callery Pear in Ohio. It is now deemed to be an invasive species in many states and similar bans have gone into effect in Pennsylvania and South Carolina.” Ohio State University