Beach Rose

Rosa rugosa (Rosaceae family)

Location: Planted in the yard, Scarborough, Maine. Wild stands grow along Kettle Cove and Crescent Beach in Cape Elizabeth. Many herbalist friends travel to Peaks Island to harvest petals in early summer.

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Hawthorn sp.

Crataegus sp. (Rosaceae family)

Location: planted in the yard, Scarborough, Maine. Wild stands grow along the path at Kettle Cove in Cape Elizabeth, and on the outer Congress Street portion of the trail through the marsh at the Fore River Sanctuary in Portland.

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**Evidence of Crataegus monogyna was also found at the Glastonbury Lake Village. 1

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