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Description:
Multiflora rose
is a vigorous, thorny shrub with clumps of long,
arching stems 5 to 10 feet in height. The leaves
are divided into five to 11 sharply toothed
leaflets, each 1½ to 2 inches long. The base of
each leaf stalk bears a pair of fringed bracts.
Beginning in May or June, clusters of showy,
fragrant white to pink flowers appear, each
about an inch across. Small bright red fruits,
or rose hips, are ¼ inch in diameter, develop
during the summer, becoming leathery, and remain
on the plant until spring. Multiflora rose
spreads primarily by seeds.
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Photo by Jean-Marie Luginbuhl,
North Carolina State |
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Management Guidelines:
Type and Class of
Livestock:
Sheep and goats; not recommended for cattle.
Grazing Objective:
Graze multiflora rose season long to achieve and
maintain 95% stem defoliation.
Growth Stage for
Treatment:
Sheep and goats readily consume multiflora rose.
Effective control requires intensive grazing
early in the grazing season, followed by less
intensive grazing later in the summer as pasture
growth slows.
Potential Effectiveness:
Livestock are highly recommended for long-term,
sustainable management of multiflora rose. Goats
will defoliate multiflora rose up to 5 feet
tall. Goats are most effective; they are able to
defoliate three times the amount as sheep in a
single season. Even though goats or sheep can
reduce multiflora rose in one season, it will
take several seasons of grazing treatment to
kill the plant. Goats or sheep will consume
multiflora rose and other brush and open the
area for grazing by cattle. |
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References:
Bryan, W.H. 1994. Mechanical control of
multiflora rose. West Virginia University
Extension Service. Available at:
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/~forage/5420.htm.
Accessed 12 July 2006.
Darlington, J. and B.M. Loyd. 1994. Control of
autumn olive, multiflora rose, and tartarian
honeysuckle. West Virginia University Extension
Service and USDA -NRCS. Available at:
http://www.caf.wvu.edu/~forage/5412.htm.
Accessed 12 July 2006.
Green, J.T. Potential for producing meat goats
in North Carolina. Meat goat production
handbook. Available at:
http://www.clemson.edu/agronomy/goats/handbook/potential.html
Accessed 12 July 2006.
Luginbuhl,J-M. J.T. Green, M.H.
Poore and J.P. Mueller. 1998. Use of
goats as biological agents for the control of
unwanted vegetation. Available at:
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/extension/animal/meatgoat/MGVeget.htm
Accessed 12 July 2006 |
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