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Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

Found in pastures, thickets, bottomlands, upland forests, bogs. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
10–15 feet
Spread
14–15 feet
Light
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Dry to wet
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At a glance

Life cycle
Woody perennial
Bloom
May to June
Fruiting season
September to October

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 34 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
Named place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

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Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Mississippi. Shared habitat, not food. 111 animals.

All wildlife of Mississippi

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

93CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Rosa

  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
  • Acleris minutaLesser Apple Leaf Folder, Yellowheaded Fireworm
  • Acleris semipurpuranaOak Leaf Shredder, Oak Leaftier, Oak Leafshredder
  • Acrobasis indigenellaLeaf Crumpler
  • Acronicta clarescensClear Dagger
  • Acronicta impletaYellow-Haired Dagger
  • Acronicta longaLong-Winged Dagger, Darkish Dagger
  • Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
  • Ancylis floridanaStrawberry Leafroller
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  • Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Archips cerasivoranaCherry Tent Caterpillar, Cherry Worm, Ugly Nest Caterpillar
  • Argyrotaenia ivanaIvana Leafroller Moth
  • Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
  • Artace cribrariusDot-Lined White Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Cenopis pettitanaMaple-Basswood Leafroller Moth
  • Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
  • Cerma cerinthaTufted Bird-Dropping Moth, Cherry Agate
  • Chloridea subflexaSubflexus Straw, Groundcherry Sun Moth
  • Chloridea virescensTobacco Budworm Moth
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Clepsis virescanaGreeenish Apple Moth
  • Coelodasys unicornisUnicorn Caterpillar Moth
  • Coptotriche aeneaBlackberry Leafminer Moth
  • Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
  • Cryptothelea gloveriiOrange Bagworm
  • Datana ministraYellow-Necked Caterpillar Moth
  • Derrima stellataPink Star
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
  • Ectropis crepusculariaThe Small Engrailed, Saddleback Looper
  • Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
  • Euchlaena obtusariaObtuse Euchlaena
  • Eulithis diversilineataLesser Grapevine Looper Moth
  • Glena cognatariaBlueberry Gray
  • Grapholita packardiCherry Fruit Worm
  • Helicoverpa zeaCorn Earworm Moth
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hylephila phyleusFiery Skipper
  • Hyles lineataWhite-Lined Sphinx
  • Hypagyrtis unipunctataOne-Spotted Variant
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Limenitis arthemisBanded Purple, Red-Spotted Admiral
  • Lithophane antennataAshen Pinion
  • Lytrosis unitariaCommon Lytrosis
  • Malacosoma americanaEastern Tent Caterpillar
  • Malacosoma disstriaForest Tent Caterpillar
  • Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
  • Metaxaglaea semitariaFootpath Sallow
  • Moodna ostrinellaDarker Moodna
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Nadata gibbosaWhite-Dotted Prominent
  • Nematocampa resistariaFilament Bearer, Horned Spanworm Moth
  • Nymphalis antiopaMourning Cloak
  • Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
  • Oedemasia leptinoidesBlack-Blotched Schizura
  • Oedemasia semirufescensRed-Washed Prominent
  • Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
  • Olethreutes appendiceumServiceberry Leafroller
  • Olethreutes permundanaRaspberry Leafroller
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthosia hibisciSpeckled Green Fruitworm Moth, Speckled Green Quaker
  • Oxydia vesuliaSpurge Spanworm Moth
  • Paleacrita vernataSpring Cankerworm Moth
  • Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
  • Papaipema marginidensBrick-Red Borer
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Parasa indeterminaStinging Rose Caterpillar Moth, Rose Slug Caterpillar
  • Phigalia titeaThe Half-Wing Geometer, Spiney Looper, Eastern Oak Looper
  • Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Probole amicariaFriendly Probole
  • Prolimacodes badiaSkiff Moth, Skiff Caterpillar
  • Proteoteras moffatianaMaple Bud Borer, Maple Shoot Borer
  • Pseudothyatira cymatophoroidesTufted Thyatirid
  • Pyrrhia ciliscaAmerican Bordered Sallow, Noble Sun Moth
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Spodoptera eridaniaSouthern Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera frugiperdaFall Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
  • Spodoptera ornithogalliYellow-Striped Armyworm Moth, Cotton Cutworm
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Udea rubigalisCelery Leaftier
  • Xanthotype urticariaFalse Crocus Geometer
  • Zale lunataLunate Zale
  • Cenopis saracana
  • Menesta tortriciformella
  • Xenotemna pallorana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
—Specialist beesPollen specialists
19BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Rosa

  • Alectoris chukarChukar
  • Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
  • Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
  • Cardinalis cardinalisNorthern Cardinal
  • Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
  • Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
  • Dendragapus obscurusDusky Grouse
  • Ectopistes migratoriusPassenger Pigeon
  • Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
  • Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush
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  • Lagopus lagopusWillow Ptarmigan
  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
  • Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird
  • Myadestes townsendiTownsend's Solitaire
  • Perdix perdixGray Partridge
  • Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
  • Tympanuchus phasianellusSharp-tailed Grouse
  • Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo
  • Vireo philadelphicusPhiladelphia Vireo
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Rosaceae
Flower color
Pink or white
Fruit begins
September
Fruit ends
October

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Mississippi rankSNA
Global rankGNR
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

Sources