Rosa carolina

Pasture Rose, Carolina Rose

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Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: June

Pasture Rose has pink flowers and straight slender prickles at the bases of its leaf stalks. Compare it with the somewhat similar Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris), which has curved prickles.

15 June 2012 Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	15 June 2012 Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	6 June 2009 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	6 June 2009 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
25 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	23 June 2022 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	29 May 2024 Haymarket, VA	23 June 2022 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA
16 June 2023 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	25 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA	25 June 2026 Shenandoah National Park (Central District), VA

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