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Wild Rose (Woods rose)
Prunus tomentosa               

Wild Rose Recipes

Wildlife Value

Good in fence rows, along roads, and borders for windbreaks.  Especially good during bad winter weather as food.  Hips high in vitamin C.  Important food to upland game birds (such as grouse and prairie chickens) and deer.  Also an excellent nesting/escape cover for songbirds and gamebirds.  Native to much of North America.

Growth form irregular
Crown density open
Size 4' high, spreading
Drought
resistance		 good
Cold hardiness excellent
Growth rate rapid
Life span moderate
Elevation
range		 to 8,000 feet
Soil
conditions		 moist; grows well on most soils
Possible insect
problems		 leaf cutter bees
Possible disease 
problems		  
Wildlife value excellent: big game browse and food value; relished by grouse, turkey and pheasant
Seasonal color not conspicuous
Miscellany native; showy pink flowers; rose hips high in vitamin C; suckers and spreads