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Native Alternatives to Rose Species

Alternatives to Ohio's invasive rose species.

INVASIVE SPECIES

Rosa canina (dog rose)

Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)

 

NATIVE ALTERNATIVES

 

Rosa carolina (pasture rose)

 

Rosa setigera (prairie rose)

 

Spiraea tomentosa (hardhack or steeple-bush)

 

Spiraea alba (meadowsweet)

March 10, 2011


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