multiflora rose
noun
mul·ti·flo·ra rose
ˌməl-tə-ˈflȯr-ə- 
: a vigorous thorny rose (Rosa multiflora) with clusters of small flowers
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The original list of dozens of species, including garden heliotrope, forget-me-not, Japanese barberry, Bell’s honeysuckle and multiflora rose, dates from 2002, Hiskes said.
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Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
The abnormal species include phragmites, multiflora rose, bush honeysuckle, garlic mustard, and, worst of all, Asiatic bittersweet, a climber that can choke out trees.
—Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 15 June 2020
The forestry department said the most common invasive plants in the decorations are Asiatic bittersweet and multiflora rose.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2021
Hacking through thorny multiflora rose to get to stubborn bittersweet roots, then heaving a mattock into the earth to pull them up, can be exhausting.
—Stephanie Foo, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2021
Grasses and leaves of golden rod, chickweed, smartweed, leaves and shoots from woody plants like blackberry, raspberry, and multiflora rose.
—Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
Also prevalent are Callery pear, better known as the Bradford pear, wintercreeper, Canada thistle, garlic mustard, burning bush, multiflora rose, autumn olive, Japanese honeysuckle and Japanese knotweed.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2020
Lucky for the park’s newest employees, though, the 0.65 acre hillside is ripe with multiflora rose plants and wineberries — two types vegetation that McGough said are tasty treats for goats.
—Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2020
No caterpillars on the Oriental bittersweet, the multiflora rose, the Japanese honeysuckle, on the burning bush that lined his neighbor’s driveway.
—Matthew Cicanese and Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
The abnormal species include phragmites, multiflora rose, bush honeysuckle, garlic mustard, and, worst of all, Asiatic bittersweet, a climber that can choke out trees.
—Jon Waterman, Outside Online, 15 June 2020
The forestry department said the most common invasive plants in the decorations are Asiatic bittersweet and multiflora rose.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2021
Hacking through thorny multiflora rose to get to stubborn bittersweet roots, then heaving a mattock into the earth to pull them up, can be exhausting.
—Stephanie Foo, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2021
Grasses and leaves of golden rod, chickweed, smartweed, leaves and shoots from woody plants like blackberry, raspberry, and multiflora rose.
—Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 20 Nov. 2020
Also prevalent are Callery pear, better known as the Bradford pear, wintercreeper, Canada thistle, garlic mustard, burning bush, multiflora rose, autumn olive, Japanese honeysuckle and Japanese knotweed.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Nov. 2020
Lucky for the park’s newest employees, though, the 0.65 acre hillside is ripe with multiflora rose plants and wineberries — two types vegetation that McGough said are tasty treats for goats.
—Angela Roberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Oct. 2020
No caterpillars on the Oriental bittersweet, the multiflora rose, the Japanese honeysuckle, on the burning bush that lined his neighbor’s driveway.
—Matthew Cicanese and Erika Reiter, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
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