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huntfun2
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08/20/2018 08:17AM  
What type of plant/berry or flower is this guy?
 
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egknuti
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08/20/2018 08:26AM  
Wood Rose. And that is the “hip.” Very edible but don’t eat the seeds.
 
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huntfun2
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08/20/2018 08:33AM  
Thanks! I wasn't about to eat that little devil, he looked like trouble to me.
 
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inspector13
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08/20/2018 09:02AM  

With all those thorns I would have to say it is Prickly Wild Rose (Rosa acicularis) which is the most common species in NE Minnesota.

 
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jwartman59
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08/20/2018 11:03AM  
Rose hip tea was a very important source of vitamin C for native Americans and the voyageurs.
 
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CanoeViking
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08/20/2018 11:13PM  
Wild rose for sure.
 
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Mocha
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08/21/2018 06:52AM  
what they all said. there is also some wives tale about the size of the hip indicating the type of winter coming. big hips... big snows....
 
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BeaV
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08/21/2018 07:16AM  
jwartman59: "Rose hip tea was a very important source of vitamin C for native Americans and the voyageurs. "

For BeaVs too:)
 
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