North Carolina Wildflowers

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Rosaceae>Rosa
	Carolina Rose, Pasture Rose, Wild Rose (Rosa carolina) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 This pretty native grows throughout NC in various habitats from roadsides to woods.
	Carolina Rose, Pasture Rose, Wild Rose (Rosa carolina) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 Carolina Roses can be wonderfully fragrant!

	Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 Another native rose, Swamp Rose is common throughout NC in wet soils.
	Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.