PLANTS Profile for Rosa canina (dog rose)

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PLANTS Profile

Rosa canina L.
dog rose

Symbol:

ROCA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, NY, Rochester. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Rosa canina L.

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Synonyms:
Rosa canina L.

ROCO4

Rosa corymbifera Borkh.

Distribution:
Rosa canina L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Rosa canina L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 105 species in Rosa

Classification:
Rosa canina L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Rosa L. – rose
Species	Rosa canina L. – dog rose

Introduced Information:
Rosa canina L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Rosa canina L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24819.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Rosa canina L.

Flower image

University of Bonn: image and text (in German)

Time Generated: 10/11/2008 08:59 PM MDT