OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morus rubra var. rubra   FAMILY Moraceae

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

Morus rubra

INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Morus murrayana

INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Morus rubra

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

Morus rubra

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-02-002:

Morus rubra   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Morus rubra

 

COMMON NAME:
Red Mulberry


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JK Marlow    jkm191222_2365_m_rubra

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_361

        

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Gill Newberry    gn03_morus_female_flowers

March        

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

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm140411_875

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm140411_880

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm200422_3986

April    Greenville County    SC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmrubra_flwrwad

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

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

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmrubra_leefalls2

April    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Flowers appear with the leaves, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

Gill Newberry    gn05_morus_rubra_fruits2

May        

Fruit a multiple of drupes, resembling a blackberry, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

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JK Marlow    jkm090601_001

June    Greenville County    SC

Fruit 2-3cm long, reddish, purplish or nearly black [when ripe], sweet, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm090601_009

June    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    s090610_cd

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves mostly 4-9" long, coarsely toothed, scabrous above, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    s090610_e

June    Greenville County    SC

Leaves often lobed on juvenile wood, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).


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

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm130709_404

July    Greenville County    SC

Leaves of young trees & vigorous sprouts more lobed than those of mature trees, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    s090920_ab

September    Greenville County    SC

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

JK Marlow    s090920_c

September    Greenville County    SC

All veins and veinlets pubescent on underside of leaf, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Morus rubra, Red Mulberry

JK Marlow    jkm131020_930

October    Spartanburg County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm201026_7937

October    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Morus rubra var. rubra   FAMILY Moraceae

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

INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Morus murrayana

INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Morus rubra

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 057-02-002:
Morus rubra   FAMILY Moraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Morus rubra

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

950

Tree
Perennial
Monoecious or Dioecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, mesic slopes, disturbed areas, suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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
Red
Multiple of nutlets

 

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