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Woods' rose

Rosa woodsii

Also called Woods's Rose, Prairie Rose, Western Wild Rose, Wood's Rose, Woods’ Rose

Woods' rose
Photo: dougwaylett, CC BY 2.0
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Alaska to Newfoundland and N. Mexico
Climate
temperate

About

Rosa woodsii is a species of wild rose known by the common names Woods' rose, interior rose, common wild rose, mountain rose, pear-hip rose, and prairie rose.

Where it grows

It is native to North America including much of Canada and Alaska and the western and central United States. It grows in a variety of habitats such as open woods, plains, stream banks, stony slopes and disturbed areas.

Other Rosa plants

Chabertia elegans · Needle Rose · Rosa abrica · Abutalybov's Brier · Abyssinian Rose · Dog Rose · Prickly rose · Rosa adenophylla · Fieldbriar · Rosa alabukensis · White rose of York · Rosa alberti

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa woodsii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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