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  6. Rose Family
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  8. Rosa
  9. Smooth Rose

species 7,947 observations

Smooth Rose

Rosa blanda

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

306 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Variable Tussock Moth, Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Cecropia Moth, Friendly Probole Moth 122
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp, Willow Gall Limb Borer, Acmaeodera tubulus, Spiny Rose Gall Wasp 13
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Ornate Yellow-marked Buprestid, Ruffed Grouse, Potato Aphid, Rose Scale 33
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Brown-belted Bumble Bee, Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Milwaukee Mining Bee 135
  • Sheltered animals Animals that nest or roost in it Ormyrus rosae, Aprostocetus, Epicauta oregona 3

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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