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suckers freely and often grows in clumps. It 

 is from one to eight feet in height. The spines 

 are stout and often recurved. Prickles fre- 

 quently occur along the stems. The range is 

 throughout the Eastern United States. It is 

 one of the most common species. 



LOW OR PASTURE ROSE 

 Rosa humilis Rose Family 



Fruit. — The depressed globular or globose 

 hips, with their pedicels, are hairy and glandular. 

 The calyx lobes are not persistent. September 

 and persistent. 



Leaves. — The leaflets are from five to seven, 

 usually five. They are coarsely serrate, rather 

 thin, acute at apex, short-stemmed or sessile. 

 The stipules are narrow and entire. Bright 

 reds and orange are the autumnal colorings. 



Floivers. — The solitary or two- to three- 

 clustered pink flowers have a glandular calyx 

 with lobed calyx lobes. May-July. 



The Pasture Rose is usually low, about three 

 feet liigh. The spines are slender and straight, 

 and the bush is more or less prickly. It is a 



