Names: yōm dū’, CA Wild Rose, Rosa californica

Native American uses: People eat the rose hips. The roots are used for a strengthening tea and the wood for baskets and arrows.

Bird Uses: The rosehips of native roses are relished by Pine Siskin, Goldfinches and others. California Wild Rose’s thorny thickets form secure shelter and nesting sites for birds. They also provide cover for quail and other ground nesting birds. Thrashers, Towhees, Jays and others also use the rosehips. Goldfinches eat many aphids and caterpillars on wild roses.