PLANTS Profile for Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)

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PLANTS Profile

Rosa multiflora Thunb.
multiflora rose

Symbol:

ROMU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Courtesy of USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Images:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

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Synonyms:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

ROCA9

Rosa cathayensis (Rehder & Wilson) L.H. Bailey

Distribution:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 105 species in Rosa or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Rosa multiflora f. watsoniana

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Rosa L. – rose
Species	Rosa multiflora Thunb. – multiflora rose

Noxious Weed Information:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Alabama:
multiflora rose		Class C noxious weed
Connecticut:
multiflora rose		Invasive, banned
Indiana:
multiflora rose		Permit required
Iowa:
multiflora rose		Secondary noxious weed1
Kentucky:
multiflora rose		Noxious weed
Massachusetts:
multiflora rose		Prohibited
Missouri:
multiflora rose		Noxious weed2
New Hampshire:
multiflora rose		Prohibited invasive Species
Pennsylvania:
multiflora rose		Noxious weed
South Dakota:
multiflora rose		Regulated non-native plant species
West Virginia:
multiflora rose		Noxious weed
Wisconsin:
multiflora rose		Nuisance weed

1 not considered a noxious weed when used as a rootstock for cultivated roses
2 except when cultivated for or used as understock for cultivated roses

U.S. Weed Information:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

multiflora rose

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE		Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST		Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
SEEPPC		Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS		Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WI		Hoffman, R. & K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin. 102pp.

Introduced Information:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU

UPL

FACU

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Low		Minor				Low	Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24833.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Rosa multiflora Thunb.

CT-Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

CT-Invasive Plant Species Identification Sheets (USDA NRCS)

IL-Vegetation Management Guidelines (Nature Preserve Commission)

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

Invasive Plant Atlas of the Midsouth (IPAMS)

KS-Noxious Weeds in Kansas

ME-Invasive Plant Fact Sheet

ME-Invasive Plant Fact Sheets (DNR)

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

NPCI Alien Plant Working Group: abstract & image

NY-Invasive Plant Council of New York State-Top 20

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

VA-Invasive Alien Plant Species of Virginia

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: abstract

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