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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Rosa carolina
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ROSALES
 FAMILY:   ROSACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Rosa carolina
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    PASTURE ROSE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ROCA4
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
     SAVANNA
       TYPICAL SAVANNA
         DRY-MESIC
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
       LAKE SHORE
         FOREDUNE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         FIELD DIVISION
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   BUREAU          CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLAY            COLES           COOK
   CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS
   DUPAGE          EDGAR           EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FORD
   FULTON          GALLATIN        GREENE          GRUNDY          HAMILTON
   HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENRY           IROQUOIS        JACKSON
   JASPER          JEFFERSON       JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON
   KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE
   LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE             LIVINGSTON      LOGAN
   MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN
   MADISON         MARION          MARSHALL        MASON           MASSAC
   MENARD          MERCER          MONROE          MONTGOMERY      MORGAN
   MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY           PIATT
   PIKE            POPE            PUTNAM          RANDOLPH        RICHLAND
   ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON        SCHUYLER
   SCOTT           SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL
   UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WARREN          WAYNE
   WHITE           WHITESIDE       WILL            WILLIAMSON      WINNEBAGO
   WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     This is including var. grandiflora (Baker) Rehd.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong     Oval
    INFLORESCENCE:   Other
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Red
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Perigynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Flowers are solitary; lower leaf surface is glabrous or sparsely
     pubescent; leaves are coarsely toothed.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in black oak woods.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   BIRD   -internal     MAMMAL   -internal
 
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:   -   Fruit   Leaves   Stems   Buds
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:   -   Fruit
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:
         DEER:     No data     WATERFOWL:    No data   SMALL MAMMAL:    Good
         FISH:     No data     SMALL BIRD:    Good      UPLAND GAME:     Good
         AQUATIC MAMMAL: No data
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS:  Easy
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Good
 
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     Chicago Botanical Gardens
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Gill, J. D. and W. M. Healy.  1974.  Shrubs and vines for northeastern
     wildlife.  USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE-9.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Rosa carolina
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015