Wall-like growth, nearly impossible to get through, separates a small meadow and the surrounding woods. There are many brambles but also other bushes, some of them in flower. The big white umbels are of an Elder (Sambucus nigra) and the little pink spots are roses, to be more precise, Dog Roses (Rosa canina).
There are several species of wild roses in Dordogne and the Dog Roses is probably the most common of them. It flowres smell, they smell even very good, as it should be for a rose. The leaves, when you rub them between your fingers, do not have much smell.
Dog Roses flower in May and June with big simple flowers, pink or white (or both).
The petals are slightly indented and the sepals have long fringes. The leaves end with a point. Les feuilles sont pointues, smooth, or as here, just a bit downy.
Sometimes they stay on the plant until after the first frost.
The rosehips that grow during summer sometimes stay on the branches until the end of winter. At least, when they are not eaten by a bird or a fox.
It is a rose with long shoots that can get several metres long. The thorns are big and curved.
All year round wild roses are beautiful!