Swamp Rose

Information on salt tolerance comes from northern nurseries in areas where the biggest issue is likely to be salt used for deicing roadsides.

This native rose is generally not susceptible to the disease and insect pests that attack many of the hybrid roses.



It's a shrub; plant where its thorns will not be an issue.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.

Thorns.

Fruits eaten by birds and small mammals

Floodplains, marshy or swampy shores, cypress swamps and wet thickets, often in shallow water.

• Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Thorns
• Attracts pollinators and is especially important for native bees.