Wild Rose
(Genus Rosa)

There are seven species of wild rose that grow in the Gorge.

Click here to see a list and description of the seven species

Captain Lewis (of Lewis and Clark wrote about the wild roses in his journal

Picture of a Rose courtesy of Diane

Wild Rose
(Genus Rosa)

At lest eight different Wild Rose species grow in the Gorge

• Dog Rose: Rosa canina Shrub similar to sweetbriar but not glandular. Prickles hooked or curved.
• Sweetbrier: Rosa eglanteria - Flowers large (quarter-sized) with notched tips.
• Baldhip Rose, Dwarf Rose, Little Wild Rose: Small (quarter sized) pink flowers with 5 petals. Stems armed with many small stickers. Leaves pinnately compound.
• Multiflora Rose, Rambler Rose: Rosa multiflora
• Bristly Nootka Rose, Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana var. hispida Shrub to 6 feet tall. Inflorescence of 1-3 large pink flowers with 5 wide petals, Very fragrant.
• Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana var. nutkana (Synonym: Rosa durandii)
• Clustered Rose, Clustered Wild Rose, Peafrutit Rose: Rosa pisocarpa - Shrub from 1-2 meters high armed with straight, thin prickles, or sometimes unarmed.
• Pearhip Rose, Wood's Rose:

From Paul Slichter's site