Carolina Rose
Rosa carolina L. - Rose family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet
Plant Type: Subshrub
Features
Flower Color: Pink
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Carolina Rose: Acleris minuta, Ancylis comptana, Euphydryas chalcedona chalcedona, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Lymantria dispar, Malacosoma californica fragilis, Malacosoma disstria, Notocelia purpurissatana, Paonias excaecata, Probole amicaria, Sphinx gordius, Spilonota ocellana, Tischeria admiralbilis, Tischeria roseticola
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- MEX: Mexico Northeast
- CAN: Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.