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Rosa rubiginosa

Sweetbriar Rose

GNRUnranked Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.961419

Element CodePDROS1J1X0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRosales

FamilyRosaceae

GenusRosa

Other Common Names

Rosier églantier (FR) sweetbriar rose (EN)

Concept Reference

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.

Taxonomic Comments

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA vol. 9, 2014) recognizes Rosa rubiginosa with two varieties (nemoralis and rubiginosa). Kartesz's (1994) R. eglanteria is equivalent to FNA's R. rubiginosa var. rubiginosa. Kartesz's (1994) Rosa micrantha is equivalent to FNA's R. ruginosa var. nemoralis.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Island of Newfoundland	SNA	No
Nova Scotia	SNA	No
New Brunswick	SNA	No
Prince Edward Island	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No
British Columbia	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
Oregon	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Montana	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)Yes

Roadless Areas (3)

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bull Of The Woods	Mt. Hood National Forest	8,843

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Jerkemtight	George Washington National Forest	16,687

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Eagle Rock	Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest	34,064

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.