Invasive SpeciesBeach rose

Rosa rugosa
FOUND by BlueHillGardener
2012-10-27
Mount Dessert Island
ID Confirmed
Quality checked by Kathleen Burgess
Peer reviewed by
Field Notes
I ventured to Mount Dessert Island on Saturday to hike some walking trails at the Indian Point Blagden Preserve. The day was warm and sunny, a bit breezy, with lots of balsam and salt water in the air. The paths were strew with pine needles -- and a small snake -- and then changed to grassy paths leading to Western Bay. The bay offered views of seals, water fowl, periwinkles, seagrass, and unfortunately some barberry bushes and rugosa rose bushes.
A sketch of our study site.
Supporting Evidence
Photo of my evidence.
Leaves are compound pinnate with 5-9 leaflets. Each leaflet is green and shiny and looks wrinkly.
Photo of my evidence.
Stems are covered with lots of thin, straight, sharp, spiny thorns of various size. The stem is brown this time of year.
Species Observation: Species Looked For
Did you find it?: 
I think I found it
Scientific name:
Rosa rugosa
Common name:
Beach rose
Sampling method: 
Just looking around
Photo of our sampling method.
Place Studied
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Latitude: 
N 44.348968 °
Longitude: 
W -68.344184 °
Observation Site Information
A photo of our study site.
Habitat: 
Upland - Forest
Trip Information
Name:
Indian Point Blagden Preserve
Trip date: 
Sat, 2012-10-27 14:17
Town or city: 
Mount Dessert Island
Type of investigation: 
Species Survey
Ecosystem: 
Coastal
Watershed: 
Eastern Coastal
Time of low tide: 

Comments

Submitted by LoisStack on Mon, 2012-10-29 08:30.

yes, this is rugose rose ...

You've correctly identified rugose rose.
Perhaps the satellite coordinates were not set? Your comments note MDI, but the coordinates are near Monson.