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Pieris (/ ˈ p aɪ. ər ɪ s / or / ˈ p ɪər ɪ s / [1]) [2] is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and Cuba.
According to recent observations, early signs of spring have already begun in the southern United States. In the Southeast, the spring leaf-out process is 1-2 weeks later than the long-term average.
Pieris japonica, the Japanese andromeda or Japanese pieris, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan, where it grows in mountain thickets. [ 2 ]
The disappearance of this species coincides with the introduction, in the 1950s, of the small white butterfly (Pieris rapae). The mechanisms involved are not fully understood but a viral infection may be involved with the small white introducing a different strain of the granulosis virus , for which the Madeiran large white had no resistance.
The Canary Islands large white (Pieris cheiranthi) is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands . [1] Pieris cheiranthi female showing the very large black spots characteristic of this species.
Pieris floribunda is a North American species of broadleaf evergreen shrub, a member of the fetterbush genus in the blueberry family (Ericaceae). It is commonly known in North America as mountain fetterbush [ 3 ] or mountain andromeda . [ 4 ]
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Pieris, the whites or garden whites, is a widespread, now almost cosmopolitan, genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae. The highest species diversity is in the ...