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Rosa palustris ~ swamp rose

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Characteristics:
  • OBL
  • Michigan C Value: 5
  • 7-9 Leaflets
  • the only true wetland rose
  • smooth leaf stalk
  • up to 6 feet tall (only other to get this tall is R. multiflora)
  • fruit with stalked glands
  • sharp thorns that latch on more than most other roses
  • hypanthicum has stalked glands
  • shrubby (not arching, vine-like)
  • up to nearly 2m tall
  • native
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