Leaves unlobed (oval), bilobed (mitten-shaped), and trilobed (three-pronged). Named for the commonest color of its fruit, the ripe fruit being nearly black. Usually dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants), less often monoecious (male and female flowers on same plant).
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Red Mulberry
Genus species:
Morus rubra
Common Name:
Red Mulberry
Family Name:
Moraceae
Annual herbs or trees, usually with milky sap; leaves alternate or opposite, simple, stipulate; flowers unisexual (plants monoecious or dioecious), regular, greenish, in axillary clusters; fruit a multiple of drupes or achenes.
Seed Type
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Native
Category:
Tree
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