- USDA PLANTS: Rosa nutkana C. Presl (plants.sc.egov.usda.gov)
Native Americans throughout the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain region used Nootka rose as food, medicine, and for ceremonial purposes (Moerman, 2012). Hips of all wild roses are high in vitamin C and are made into jams, jellies, syrups and teas.
- Futuna Plate (Wikipedia)
The Futuna Plate is a very small tectonic plate located near the south Pacific island of Futuna. It is sandwiched between the Pacific Plate to the north and the Australian Plate to the south with the Niuafo’ou Plate to the east.
- Rosa nutkana (Wikipedia)
Rosa nutkana, the Nootka rose, bristly rose, or wild rose is a 0.6–3.0-metre-tall (2–10-foot) perennial shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae).
