Beach Rose

Rosa rugosa

Rosaceae (Rose family)

Leaf Arrangement: Alternate

Leaf Type: Compound

Height: 2 - 6 feet

Habitat: Seashores, sand dunes, roadsides

Blooms: June to September

The beach rose, or wrinkled rose, is often used to stabilize beaches (National Audubon Society, 2001).

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References
McKenny, M., & Peterson, R. T. (1998). A Peterson Field Guide to Wildflowers: Northeastern and North-central North America (Peterson Field Guides) (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

National Audubon Society. (2001). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers--E: Eastern Region - Revised Edition (National Audubon Society Field Guides) (2nd Revised ed.). Knopf.

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