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§1 Plant

Rosa setigera Michx.

vernacular climbing rose — species · Rosaceae


USDA
ROSE2
GBIF
3004638
Rank
species
climbing rose (Rosa setigera)
Platephotograph · Dan MullenCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Subshrub, Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Rosaceae Juss.
Genus
Rosa
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 668 counties across 27 states/territories
Legend Native · 668 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-13 °F minimum
Frost-free days
140 min.
Precipitation
20–60 in/yr
pH range
5–7.5
Root depth
6 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
16 ft
Height @ 20 y
16 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Dark Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
50,000
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 668 counties across 27 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 10 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 45 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N
Illinois view state ↗ 78 N
Indiana view state ↗ 70 N
Iowa view state ↗ 3 N
Kansas view state ↗ 29 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 80 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 6 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N
Missouri view state ↗ 109 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N
New York view state ↗ 18 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N
Ohio view state ↗ 88 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 29 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 43 N
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N
Virginia view state ↗ 7 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 11 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ROSE2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3004638 ↗

Record version

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