Sweet Briar (Rosa rubiginosa) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
| Scientific name: Rosa rubiginosa L. (Synonym R. eglanteria) Common Name: Sweet Briar, Briar rose, Wild rose. Status: Regionally Controlled in the North Central, Wimmera, Glenelg-Hopkins, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East, East Gippsland and West Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee CMA. Habitat: Humid and sub-humid cool-temperate regions, where it is usually confined to areas receiving more than 600 mm of annual rainfall or to moist gullies and protected sites where rainfall is lower (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It invades open unimproved grasslands and disturbed bushlands, showing no preference for soil type, although it seldom establishes on light sands or poorly drained sites (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Sweet Briar invades lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest, damp sclerophyll forest, riparian vegetation, and alpine and subalpine vegetation (Carr et al 1992). Related Links Further information on Sweet Briar can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes. Weed Identification Note for Sweet Briar - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc. |  Sweet Briar Plant | |
 Sweet Briar flower |  Sweet Briar fruit |
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This document was last reviewed on 04/08/2009