FAMILY: ROSACEAE

ALTERNATE COMMON NAME:

LEAVES: alternate, deciduous, compound; see notes below

FLOWER: solitary, showy, 5 petals, many yellow stamens; flowers during late spring through summer

FRUIT: conspicuous hips, often bristlely

TWIGS: with prickles

BARK:

FORM: mounded shrub or climbing, vine-like shrub

HABITAT: roadsides, forest margins

WETLAND DESIGNATION: Varies by species in the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region

RANGE: native and exoctic species

USES: ornamental; tea (high in vitamin C); wildlife food (hips); cover

Best Recognition Features:

1. stems with prickles
2. conspicous flowers, 5 petals, numerous yellow stamens
3. thicket-forming shrubs, and climbing shrubs

Common roses:
Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata): from China; leaves are 3-foliate; high climbing shrub; white flowers

Chickasaw rose (Rosa bracteata): from China; forms clumps to 6' tall; 5-9 minutely-toothed leaflets; white flowers