NPSpecies

Data Source: NatureServe. 2007. Vascular Plant Inventory of Obed Wild and Scenic River. Draft Report Submitted to Appalachian Highlands I&M Network, NPS.

Legacy NPSpecies information may no longer be applicable, please remove if it is not applicable. In legacy NPSpecies Cultivation value was Not cultivated with comment: Data Source: NatureServe. 2007. Vascular Plant Inventory of Obed Wild and Scenic River. Draft Report Submitted to NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network. In legacy NPSpecies Weedy value was Yes In legacy NPSpecies Pest value was Yes with comment: TN EPPC RANK = SEVERE THREAT; NatureServe I Rank = Medium/Low. Multiflora rose has a large current distribution and is continuing to spread locally in the west. It is relatively easy to manage, and has a low ecological impact on biodiversity. It is mainly an agricultural weed, but it may create dense thickets, sometimes monocultures that crowd out native species in open woodlands, forest edges, prairies, and savannas. It has the ability to become the dominant vegetation in old fields, and in savannas and prairies that have been subjected to land disturbance. Individual rose plants may take time to become established and may not thrive initially once they invade a relatively undisturbed habitat such as along a stream corridor. And they may never become a dominant component of that environment. However, when conditions do become more favorable, these individual plants will grow to disperse seeds to new habitat, continuing the spread (NatureServe 2007).

Data Source: NatureServe. 2007. Vascular Plant Inventory of Obed Wild and Scenic River. Draft Report Submitted to NPS, Appalachian Highlands I&M Network.

Park Species Detail: BONAP Author = Thunb. ex Murr.; Reference = TN10/11, Park Species Data Source: Schmalzer, P.A. and H.R. DeSelm, 1982; BONAP County Database