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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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