Rosaceae

Order: Rosales

Rosaceae

 

• Native to the east
• Found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere
• Includes 90 genera, 3000 species
• DNA analysis supports monophyly
• Many important temperate  fruit species- apple, almond, apricot, cherry, peach, plum, pear, blackberry, and strawberry
• Shrub
• Rosa multiflora is an invasive species

 

False Strawberry (Duchesnea indica) vs. Real Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)

Duchesnea indica	Fragaria virginiana
Yellow flower Fruits smaller than regular strawberries Red around rim of the leaves	White flower
Likenesses False Fruits Small 5 petal flowers, rounded petaks

 

 

 

Field Trip 3

1. Rubus occidentalis (Black Raspberry) 

2. Rosa multiflora (Rambler Rose)

    

Field Trip 4

1.  Rubus pensilvanicus (Wild Blackberry)

2. Rubus phoenicolasius (Japanese Wineberry)

3. Rosa multiflora (Rambler Rose)

4. Prunus seratona (Wild Black Cherrry)

 

Field Trip 7

     1. False/Mock Strawberry (Duchesnea indica)