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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Morus alba   FAMILY Moraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morus alba   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Morus alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Morus alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)

Morus alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-02-001:

Morus alba   FAMILY Moraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Morus alba

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Morus nigra

 

COMMON NAME:
White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry


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image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_moal_001_lvd

        

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_morus_alba_3759

April    Catawba County    NC

Flowers in stalked, axillary, pendulous catkins, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_morus_alba_3763

April    Catawba County    NC

Pistillate catkins are short-oblong and densely flowered, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_morus_alba_4821

April    Iredell County    NC

Staminate catkins are slenderly cylindric and loosely flowered, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm140523_154

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves shiny, green, and glabrous above, with several lobes or none, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Mulberry species

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm140523_161

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves glabrous below except sometimes hairs on main veins & in their axils, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm140523_162

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_morus_alba_1

May    Iredell County    NC

Ripe fruits black, purple, red, pink or white, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm140611_709

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm140611_711

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Morus alba, White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm131020_937

October    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Morus alba   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morus alba   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Morus alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Morus alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Morus alba

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-02-001:
Morus alba   FAMILY Moraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Morus alba

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED AS TO OUR MATERIAL) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Morus nigra

 

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949

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious or Dioecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, vacant lots, roadsides, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Uncommon (rare in Mountains of GA & NC)

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INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

DOES THE PLANT HAVE "MILKY SAP"?
Has translucent to milky-white latex (milky sap not always evident in winter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals
Petals absent
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
White/ Pink/ Blackish-purple/ Red
Multiple of nutlets

 

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