Start Date
2020
Description
Multifora rose is an invasive shrub with small white flowers and many small thorns designed to keep out any predators. This invasive weed was introduced from Japan, Korea, and eastern China in the late 1800’s used as rootstock for ornamental roses (Ohio Invasive Plants Council, 2010). These hardy plants were widely promoted in the 1930’s as “living fences” throughout much of the Northeast and Midwestern U.S to confine livestock, to conserve soil and to provide wildlife with habitat (Steavenson, 1946). As of 1993, MR was declared a noxious weed in many Midwestern states (Rhoades and Block, 2011; Amrine, 2002). It now infests more than 45 million acres throughout the eastern United States due to its extensive seed bank which can release over a half a million seeds annually.
Recommended Citation
Wilkes, Nathan; VanderTuig, Andrew; and Dornbos, David, "Competitiveness of Rosa multiflora In Varying Plant Communities and Light Regimes Compared with Co-habiting Native Species" (2020). Summer Research. 7.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/summer_research/2020/Posters/7
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Competitiveness of Rosa multiflora In Varying Plant Communities and Light Regimes Compared with Co-habiting Native Species
Multifora rose is an invasive shrub with small white flowers and many small thorns designed to keep out any predators. This invasive weed was introduced from Japan, Korea, and eastern China in the late 1800’s used as rootstock for ornamental roses (Ohio Invasive Plants Council, 2010). These hardy plants were widely promoted in the 1930’s as “living fences” throughout much of the Northeast and Midwestern U.S to confine livestock, to conserve soil and to provide wildlife with habitat (Steavenson, 1946). As of 1993, MR was declared a noxious weed in many Midwestern states (Rhoades and Block, 2011; Amrine, 2002). It now infests more than 45 million acres throughout the eastern United States due to its extensive seed bank which can release over a half a million seeds annually.