Control Methods: Mechanical.
It was also planted as a crash barrier in highway medians, as a means of providing erosion control, and as a source of food and cover for wildlife. Soil Conservation Service for use in erosion control and as living fences, or natural hedges, to confine livestock. Multiflora rose was first brought to North America (USA) in 1866 from Japan as a hardy rootstock for ornamental rosebushes. Soil Conservation Service promoted it for use in erosion control and as “living fences” to confine livestock. Early in the 1930’s several conservation agencies promoted the use of multiflora rose for It can kill multiflora rose but will also kill ornamental roses and some fruits.
According to the Alliance, multiflora rose spreads in two ways: by seeds and by rooting new plants when its long canes touch down in new places.
Please watch this short video to learn how to identify a multiflora rose.
Brush Management – Invasive Plant Control Multiflora Rose – Rosa Multiflora Conservation Practice Job Sheet NH-314 Multiflora Rose Multiflora rose was introduced to the East Coast of the U.S. from Japan in 1866 as rootstock for ornamental roses.
Control of this problem often involves an integrated approach.
This woody perennial plant is a bramble with short spines or thorns on the stems and leaf petioles.
About 80% of a goat’s diet can come from browse and goats are often happy to eat multiflora rose.
Metsulfuron (sold as a generic or as Cimarron Plus) provides good control of multiflora rose and can be used as a broadcast or spot treatment.
Multiflora rose is an erect and branching shrub; the stems can grow from 3 to 10 feet in height and may have curved thorns along them.
Multiflora Rose Control Measures A single-method control approach will not eradicate a multiflora rose infestation. About 80% of a goat’s diet can come from browse, and goats are often happy to eat multiflora rose. There are physical, biological, chemical, and cultural means of control. About 80% of a goat’s diet can come from browse, and goats are often happy to eat multiflora rose. Importation, transportation, and sale of multiflora rose propagating parts is prohibited.
So, before you take measures to control or eradicate a suspicious rose bush, make sure that you are dealing with a multiflora rose.
Soil Conservation Service promoted the use of multiflora rose as a “living fence” and a means of erosion control. Multiflora rose can be very difficult to control. It invades natural areas, pastures, and light gaps in forests.