Native Alternatives to Rose Species


Pasture rose (left), steeplebush (center) and meadowsweet (right), all make great native alternatives to invase rose species. Photos © Tom Kemmerer

INVASIVE SPECIES	NATIVE ALTERNATIVES
Rosa canina (dog rose)	Rosa carolina (pasture rose)
Rosa multiflora (multiflora rose)	Rosa setigera (prairie rose)
	Spiraea tomentosa (hardhack or steeple-bush)
	Spiraea alba (meadowsweet)