Here’s how to identify and remove multiflora rose.
Its fast and aggressive growth is a threat to native plants, thus impacting biodiversity.
It spreads from its wide root system and resprouts easily after being cut down.
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Birds like to eat the rose hips and disperse the seeds via their droppings.
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What Does Multiflora Rose Look Like?
Multiflora rose has stems, or canes, that can reach up to 15 feet in length.
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In the first year or two, the plant grows rather slowly, only to take off vigorously afterwards.
The round stems are covered with hard, recurved thorns.
The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound with five to eleven oval serrated leaflets.
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The upside of the leaves is smooth, and the underside is paler and hairy.
In May and June, the stems are covered with clusters of white or pale pink fragrant blossoms.
The flowers have five petals and bright yellow pollen.
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In mid-summer, the spent flowers turn into small, shiny red rose hips.
This also gives you easier access for the followingherbicide tool.
have pink flowers, whereas the flowers of multiflora rose are white.
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Multiflora rose has a green fringe at the base of the leaf.
Birds love to eat the hips with the seeds, thereby contributing to the spread of multiflora rose.
USDA Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).
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New York Invasive Species Information.
Effective Spring Management of Multiflora Rose | Integrated Crop Management.
