NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details
Rosa multiflora
Multiflora Rose, Hedge Rose
Scientific Name: |
Rosa multiflora |
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Genus: |
Rosa |
Species Epithet: |
multiflora |
Common Name: |
Multiflora Rose, Hedge Rose |
Plant Type |
Shrub |
Life Cycle |
Perennial |
Plant Family |
Rosaceae (Rose Family) |
Native/Alien: |
Not Native to US |
Invasive Status: |
Rank 1 - Severe Threat (*Key) |
Size: |
3-6 ft., 6-12 ft. |
Bloom Color(s): |
White, Pink |
Light: |
Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Dry, Moist |
Bloom Time: |
May, June |
Growing Area: |
Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain |
Habitat Description: |
Pastures, thickets, bottomlands, upland forests, bogs. Common non-native throughout NC. |
Leaf Arrangement: |
Alternate |
Leaf Retention: |
Deciduous |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Compound |
Life Cycle: |
Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
Has some wildlife value |
Landscape Value: |
Not Recommended for home landscapes |
Notes: |
Native of Asia. Highly invasive. DO NOT PLANT. Remove if found. |
Blooms I've heard it was originally introduced as a help against erosion. I'm sure it worked well for that. It even has pretty and sweet-scented blooms in spring!
Black Mountain |
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Rampant Grower However... it is a RAMPANT grower. The healthy plants tower over my head.
Black Mountain |
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Stem The new growth is arching stems - the one below is only 8 feet long, and it was just one I could easily reach and cut to photograph.
Black Mountain |
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Underneath The new growth builds on top of last years dead wood, making an almost impenetrable tangle of thorny twisted branches.
Black Mountain |
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In The Trees When the long branches find a tree limb to rest against, they hook over it and then you have a rosebush in a tree.
Black Mountain |
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Rootstock If a long branch can't find a nice high place to rest, it will bend down to touch the earth, rooting there and beginning yet another plant. The old branches must all be cut, for many of them are not actually deadwood... and will sprout new growth if they get sunlight.
Black Mountain |
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Links: |
Fact Sheet - Least Wanted - Plant Conservation Alliance’s Alien Plant Working Group |
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