ROSE FAMILY 



ROSACES ROSE FAMILY 



Rosa virginiana, Mill. 

 Rose-pink Dwarf Wild Rose, 



Low Wild Rose, 



June-October Pasture Wild Rose, 



Virginia Wild Rose. 



Rosa: for derivation see Carolina. 

 Virginiana: Latin form for Virginian. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: dry, sandy soil of the Commons, 

 waste lands, or "moist soil about the borders of thickets, 

 and on banks passing down to pond holes or low grounds." 



THE BUSH : erect, eighteen inches to three feet high, much 

 branched; the stems often very stout; the prickles at 

 length stout and usually more or less hooked. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; compound, with usually seven 

 leaflets, which vary from oval to oblong; above dark green 

 and without hairs, often shining; acute or acutish at the 

 apex; serrate. 



THE FLOWERS: solitary or in a corymb; the outer sepals 

 often with one or two small lobes; numerous stamens; 

 petals early deciduous. 



THE FRUIT: bony achenes, "enclosed in the berry-like, 

 persistent calyx-tube." 



This is the most prevalent Rose of the Commons and 

 dry ground. Its chief distinguishing feature is the prickles, 

 which are more or less hooked at the end. 



ROSACEJE ROSE FAMILY 



Prunus maritima, Wang. 



White Beach Plum, 



Sand Plum. 

 May-June 

 Fruit ripe 

 September-October 



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