Table 3 Location, sample size and habitat of each investigated Rosa rugosa population.

From: Invasive Rosa rugosa populations outperform native populations, but some populations have greater invasive potential than others

Population

Abbreviation

n

Habitat

Introduced populations

Langeoog, Germany

LAN

15

Manmade sand dunes, North Sea

Hundige, Denmark*

HUN

13

Manmade sand beach, Baltic Sea

Dragor, Denmark*

DRA

11

Sandy beach, Baltic Sea

Heatherhill, Denmark*

HEA

10

Sandy cliff facing the Kattegat

Scanor, Sweden*

SKA

12

Sandy beach, Baltic Sea

Total

 

61

 

Native populations

Muping, China

MUP

10

Sand beach, Bohai Sea

Hunchun, China

HCH

10

Sand dunes, Tumenjiang Valley

Total

 

20

 
  1. Five naturalized introduced populations from Northwest Europe and two native populations from China were sampled. The geographic locations of all seven populations are shown in Fig. 2.
  2. *Populations with partial mowing management.