Multiflora Rose
Multiflora rose is an aggressive, thorny, invasive plant that forms dense, impenetrable thickets. These thickets degrade habitats, are difficult to control, displace native plants, reduce biodiversity, and reduce the food and shelter available for native wildlife. It spreads rapidly via seeds carried by birds and by its arching canes rooting into the ground. It is easily distinguished from native roses by the fringe at the base of the leaf stems.
Brought to the United States for landscaping and erosion control, it is often used as a “living fence”. Though it does afford benefits to a few species, providing food for berry-eating birds and cover for rabbits and ground-dwelling birds, these are not enough to counter its harm to the environment.
Fun Fact: Parts of the plant are edible, and the rose hips are high in vitamin C.
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