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Rosa canina (Dog Rose)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Rosa majalis J. Herrm. (syn. R. cinnamomea sensu L. 1759, non 1753; R. cinnamomea auct. non L.; cinnamon rose; double cinnamon rose) is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus Rosa, native to forests of Europe and Siberia. It grows to 2 m. and yields edible hip fruits rich in vitamin C, which are used in medicine and to produce rose hip syrup.
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Infraspecies

Rosa afzeliana afzeliana
Rosa canina unranked
Rosa canina var. andegavensis (Anjou-Rose)
Rosa canina var. apiculata
Rosa canina var. biserrata
Rosa canina var. blondaeana (Glanz-Rose)
Rosa canina var. blondeana
Rosa canina var. brevipes
Rosa canina var. calophylla
Rosa canina var. canina
Rosa canina var. erdneri
Rosa canina var. euoxyphylla
Rosa canina var. fallax
Rosa canina var. finitima
Rosa canina var. fissidens
Rosa canina var. oblonga
Rosa canina var. ololeia
Rosa canina var. opaca
Rosa canina var. oxyphylla
Rosa canina var. pervulgata
Rosa canina var. ragusina
Rosa canina var. scabrata
Rosa canina var. separabilis
Rosa canina var. sepium
Rosa canina var. squarrosa
Rosa canina var. squarrosidens
Rosa canina var. subertii
Rosa canina var. subhercynica
Rosa canina var. subvirens
Rosa canina var. swartzii
Rosa canina var. tortuosa
Rosa canina var. transotoria
Rosa communis var. communis

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  Pink
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  There is a layer of hairs around the seeds just beneath the flesh of the fruit. These hairs can cause irritation to the mouth and digestive tract if ingested.
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees, Flies, Beetles, Lepidoptera, Bats
Scent [2]  The flowers are scented.
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  Plants make a dense and stock-proof hedge, especially when trimmed;
Height [2]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Width [2]  9.84 feet (3 m)
Light Preference [4]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [4]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [4]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [4]  Moist
View Plants For A Future Record : Rosa canina

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Emblem of

Romania

Predators

Consumers

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 5Ecology of Commanster
♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Birds and berries: a study of an ecological interaction. Calton, Great Britain, Snow B.K., Snow D.W., 1988, T & AD Poyser. 268 p.
♦ 9Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0