Rosa woodsii with Mt. Olympus in the background. This is a native shrub but may have been planted here. Our local form is recognized as var. ultramontana. The thorn or prickles of our native roses are much thinner and delicate than the non-native types (which in this area includes the more abundant, invasive Rosa canina). Woods' rose is a smaller plant (shorter, smaller leaves and flowers) than the native Nookta rose and tends to have multiple clumping flowers/fruits compared to the more typically solitary flowers/fruits of Rosa nutkana.Nov. 11, 2013, Neff's Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, approx. 5,605 ft. elev.