i was cutting the bushes yesterday and got picked by a few thorns so it gave me a thought.....why do they have thorns?
2007-05-04 10:32:31 · 8 answers · asked by Princess LovAngel 4 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
the rose plant developed these thorns through generations as protection to the plant from herbivores that are trying to eat them.
2007-05-05 03:15:17 · answer #1 · answered by romualdo m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why Do Roses Have Thorns
2016-10-14 01:08:16 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Officially if you want to be considered very correct in your terminology then modified leaves are referred to as spines, modified branches are thorns and modified epidermal cells are prickles. In most cases, people simply refer to them as thorns or spines. Examples of a few plants that deploy these types of defenses include roses, raspberries and blackberries. Regardless of what we call them, structures such as thorns make it difficult for animals to come along and take a bite without a painful lesson. Before men started to cross roses, they used to grow like wild brambles along the ground and some grew like a large raspberry bush. No matter how they grew, the thorns served as protection. There are a few wild roses growing in the south, that have very few thorns naturally and these have been bred into modern roses to produce the thorn less roses. This type have all the genetic makeup of a rose with thorns and so share all the attributes with them such as being hardy and healthy. Hope this helps.
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2007-05-04 10:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by suceed0351 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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why do rose bushes have thorns?
i was cutting the bushes yesterday and got picked by a few thorns so it gave me a thought.....why do they have thorns?
2015-08-18 23:25:13 · answer #4 · answered by Janeva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it all depends on how you look at it. I would say the rose bushes have thorns, The roses are a beautiful as you are.
2016-03-15 01:38:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To keep away predators, such as deer.
Unfortunately, aphids are not effected by the thorns, so these are still a problem with rose bushes, but you can bring in lady bugs to help with that!
2007-05-04 10:41:33 · answer #6 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
roses are high in vitamin c and most animals will eat them thus to protect them selves they have thorns
2007-05-04 10:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by magictoolbox01 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defence against browsing animals. Does not work with Giraffe !
2007-05-04 11:08:58 · answer #8 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a defence mechanism/adaptation against things that can eat them.
2007-05-04 10:37:16 · answer #9 · answered by Unicornrider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a way of natural protection may be
2007-05-04 10:44:56 · answer #10 · answered by mali 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋