Rose - State Flower of New York

The rose, wild or cultivated, in all its variety and colors, was made the State flower in 1955., Symbol: ROSA5, Group: Dicot, Family: Rosaceae. Roses produce abundant flowers on their thorny bushes as we see in this example.

They are admired for their fragrance amd have been cultivated as early as 4000 BC by Egyptians. Fossil evidence indicates that the family has existed for at least thirty million years. Today their range extends to nearly the the entire northern hemisphere

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Photo Credit: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Herman, D.E. et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Admin., Bismarck, ND. Download Full High Resolution Image

Kingdom Plantae -- Plants, Subkingdom Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants, Superdivision Spermatophyta -- Seed plants, Division Magnoliophyta -- Flowering, plants, Class Magnoliopsida -- Dicotyledons, Subclass Rosidae, Order Rosales, Family Rosaceae -- Rose family, Genus Rosa L. -- rose. Contains 56 species and 90 accepted taxa overall

Text Reference: USDA, NRCS. 2004. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Rose Growing Simplified. Fourth Edition. 2001. Armand J. Lapierre. Cape Cod, MA SHG Resources

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