General Adaptations
Roses are some of the most beautiful and sought after flowers. You can quickly pick most kinds of flowers and take a big smell and feel good for a little while after. But if you try that with a rose you might just get a finger pricked with one of its thorns along it's stem. You may ask yourself, why do roses have thorns?
Roses happen to be beautiful to look at, fragrant to smell, and sweet to taste. All of these things will most likely will attract a variety of creatures which could be going up to the roses to look, smell and taste them. All of that would be pretty rough on the rose plant so that is why the rose developed thorns to protect itself through evolution. Rose plants developed these thorns as a defence mechanism, after awhile of taking abuse from the creatures that wouldn't leave them alone. It was the only way the roses had to protect themselves from being destroyed. The thorns along the stem of the rose are not only to protect them from other animals, but they are used to help aid the plant in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it which shows the anatomical adaptation the plant used. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and Rosa pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight prickles which is an adaptation to trap wind blown sand and reduce erosion and protect their roots, while other species of roses such as Rosa glauca turn their petal colours red or pink to attract bees to help them reproduce through pollination which shows the chemical adaptation.All of these Adaptations to the rose plant through evolution and time allowed it to stay in existence.
Roses happen to be beautiful to look at, fragrant to smell, and sweet to taste. All of these things will most likely will attract a variety of creatures which could be going up to the roses to look, smell and taste them. All of that would be pretty rough on the rose plant so that is why the rose developed thorns to protect itself through evolution. Rose plants developed these thorns as a defence mechanism, after awhile of taking abuse from the creatures that wouldn't leave them alone. It was the only way the roses had to protect themselves from being destroyed. The thorns along the stem of the rose are not only to protect them from other animals, but they are used to help aid the plant in hanging onto other vegetation when growing over it which shows the anatomical adaptation the plant used. Some species such as Rosa rugosa and Rosa pimpinellifolia have densely packed straight prickles which is an adaptation to trap wind blown sand and reduce erosion and protect their roots, while other species of roses such as Rosa glauca turn their petal colours red or pink to attract bees to help them reproduce through pollination which shows the chemical adaptation.All of these Adaptations to the rose plant through evolution and time allowed it to stay in existence.
Special Adaptations
The thorns on a roseThe unique and special adaptation about the rose is that through evolution it has become an anatomical plant meaning that it has changed over time through evolution creating different methods of protection to protect it from animals that may harm the plant. The rose developed thorns along it's stem which protects the helpless flower from grazing predators. The thorns also play an important part in the rose as when it comes to protection the thorns help the roses stay safe out of harms reach. Moreover the rose also developed many different strategies to reproduce.Through changing their petals to brighter colours it attracts bees, allowing the rose to reproduce through pollination. Also the rose has developed a stronger scent in order to attract bees. Some species of roses developed a method to pollinate through wind, allowing the rose to be at an advantage over many other plant. The most impressive adaptation the the rose has developed is that over time it has learned to survive and thrive in shadier weather conditions. Some roses have adapted to their surroundings by being more drought tolerant and requiring less sun.