prickly rose

Rosa acicularis

prickly rose - Rosa acicularis 10JN06-01
prickly rose - Rosa acicularis 07MA22-02
prickly rose - Rosa acicularis 07OC27-01
prickly rose - Rosa acicularis 07JL04

characteristics

A bushy shrub with stout stems covered with bristles and thorns. Leaves are double-toothed. Delicate pink or rose coloured flowers bloom singly or in small clusters. Fruits are smooth scarlet coloured hips.

32,000 seeds/pound; starts from seed, bare root, cuttings.

T SSN H W sun soil H2O fire N2 pH summer fall flower (seed)
SS CW 2.5 0.9 S/PS F-M MW ••• - 6.8-7.5 grn-dk/pale scarlet red-rose

habitat

Stream banks, thickets, and hillsides.

uses

A food source for grouse, jackrabbit, and rodents. The hips are eaten by songbirds and small mammals.

Birds use thickets of this shrub for nesting.

Provides protective cover for small mammals.

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common > name = have on site
T = type: A = annual | B = biennial | P = perennial | SS = subshrub | D = deciduous | C = coniferous
██ = cold stratify | ██ = cold stratify & scarify | ██ = plant directly | ██ = scarify | ██ = not from seed
SSN = season: C = cool | W = warm | Y = late
H = height (in metres) | W = width (in metres) | B = bunch | S = sod | SB = sod/bunch
sun: S = full sun | S/PS = sun or partial shade | PS = partial shade | SH = full shade
soil: F = fine | M = medium | C = coarse
H2O = moisture requirement: D = dry | M = moist | W = wet | Z = aquatic
fire = fire tolerance: - = unknown | X = none | • = some | •• = moderate | ••• = high tolerance
N2 = nitrogen fixing: • = yes
summer = foliage colour | fall = foliage (stem) colour | flower (seed) = flower (seed / fruit) colour, if conspicuous
pH = acidity - alkalinity