ROSE FAMILY ROSACEAE 
WILD ROSE. SWAMP ROSE 
Rosa carolina L. 
The Wild Rose is common in swamps and low ground, and 
blooms from June to August. It is found in all states from 
Minnesota and Mississippi eastward. It is a bushy species 
1-8 feet high, spar- 
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HY stout and usually 
} more or less curved 
U, gf prickles. The com- 
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stipules. 
The flowers are a 
beautiful pink, and 
have numerous yel- 
low stamens. The 
long narrow spreading 
sepals usually do not 
remain on the fruit as 
they do in some other 
Roses. The fruit is 
red and quite showy 
when mature. 
Another species that will be found is the Prairie or Climbing 
Rose, Rosa setigera Michx. This is a climber with stems up to 
12 feet long, and leaves with 3 or sometimes 5 leaflets. It is 
heavily armed with stout hooked prickles. The Prairie Rose 
blooms in June and July and the white to deep rose flowers are 
3-15 in a cluster. The home of this plant is the borders of thickets 
and prairies from Ontario to Nebraska and south to Florida and 
Texas. 
The Meadow Rose, Rosa blanda Ait., is also common here, 
especially in the northern part of the state. It grows 2-4 feet 
high in moist or rocky places and usually has no prickles. The 
handsome pink flowers are slightly fragrant and often 3 inches 
across. They open during June and July, and the sepals remain 
erect on the ripening fruit. The Meadow Rose is to be found 
westward from Newfoundland and New England to Missouri, 
chiefly in the region of the Great Lakes. 
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