Rose family

Okay, Jack, is apple bark sweet? Because technically, aren't apple tree...

Aren't apples members of the Rosaceae family? Yeah, they're members of the Rosaceae family.

And that bark is sweet, so the rabbits- Yeah ... really like it.

But you know what, Matt? You'll see apples, uh, big time growing, uh, around Lake Ontario, Georgian Bay, uh, especially their shores.

Suggestions for Field Lessons.

Belongs to Rose Family.

Blossoms in Early Summer.

found along streams and roadsides, is a low bush, stems woody, stems and branches generally covered with frail prickles, leaves, smooth, dark green, from five to seven leaflets, coarsely toothed, alternate, blossoms single, calyx is urn-shaped, narrowing at the top, to its lining are fastened pistils and stamens, CAROLA CONSISTS OF FIVE, GENERALLY, BROAD PETALS, VARYING IN COLOR FROM WHITE TO DEEP ROSE PINK.

You can't really do both on the same tree.

One is in Rosaceae, one is in Rutaceae.

They sound so similar.

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