Rosa arkansana Porter. Prairie Rose. Phen: May-Jul. Hab: Rocky slopes and dry woodlands. Dist: ON to BC, south to OH, IN, IL, MO, TX, and NM. Reported from the North Carolina portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, perhaps a result of former horticultural use and not seen recently (K. Langdon, pers. comm., 2016).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy: = C, FNA9, Il, K3, K4, NE, NY, S13, Joly & Bruneau (2007); > Rosa arkansana Porter – Tx; > Rosa arkansana Porter var. arkansana – F; > Rosa arkansana Porter var. suffulta (Greene) Cockerell – F, GrPl, K1, Mi, NcTx; > Rosa conjuncta Rydb. – F; > Rosa suffulta

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
• Great Plains: FACU
• Midwest: FACU
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU

Heliophily: 8