Rosa carolina

Taxobox
name = Pasture Rose


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Painting of the Carolina rose by Mary E. Eaton from a 1917 issue of National Geographic
status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Citation
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contribution = Rosa carolina
title = NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, Version 6.1.
date =
location = Arlington, Virginia
year =2006
contribution-url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Rosa+carolina+
accessdate = 2007-06-13 ]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
genus = "Rosa"
species = "R. carolina"
binomial = "Rosa carolina"
binomial_authority = L.

"Rosa carolina", commonly known as the Carolina Rose or Pasture Rose, is a shrub in the rose family native to eastern North America, where it can be found in nearly all US states and Canadian provinces east of the Great Plains. It is common throughout its range and can be found in a wide variety of open habitats, from thickets and open woods to roadsides and along railroads. The stems have straight, needle-like thorns, which distinguishes it from very similar species such as "R. palustris" and "R. virginiana", which have curved thorns. The fragrant flowers emerge in early summer and are light pink in colour.

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