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|familia=Moraceae
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| name = Red Mulberry
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|genus=Morus
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| image = Red Mulberry Bark 500.jpg
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|species=rubra
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|common_name=Red Mulberry
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| image_caption = The bark of the Red mulberry tree
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Rosales]]
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| familia = [[Moraceae]]
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|origin=E & C United States
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| genus = ''[[Mulberry|Morus]]''
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|lifespan=perennial
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| species = '''''M. rubra'''''
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|exposure=sun
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| binomial = ''Morus rubra''
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| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
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|sunset_zones=2-7, 26, 28-41
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|image=Red Mulberry Bark 500.jpg
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|image_caption=The bark of the Red mulberry tree
 
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Similar to ''M. alba'', but has bigger, better tasting and much darker fruit.
  
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The '''Red Mulberry''' (''Morus rubra'') is a species of [[mulberry]], native to [[Eastern United States|eastern]] [[North America]], from southernmost [[Ontario]] and [[Vermont]] south to [[Florida]] and west to southeast [[South Dakota]] and central [[Texas]]. Red Mulberry is listed as an [[endangered species]] in [[Canada]].
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Morus rubra, Linn. Native Red Mulberry. Lvs. usually large, very various, those on the young shoots deeply lobed with very oblique and rounded sinuses in the base of which there are no teeth, the upper surface rough and the lower one soft or variously pubescent, the teeth medium or comparatively small and either rounded or bluntish: fr. deep red, or when fully ripe almost black, variable in size, often very good, nearly always having an agreeable slight acidity. Mass. to Fla., Kans. and Texas, mostly in rich soils and bottom lands.—This native mulberry has been tried for the feeding of silkworms, but with indifferent  success. At least 3 of the named fr.-bearing mulberries belong to it, and a yellow-lvd. mulberry, which is somewhat grown for ornament, also appears to be of this species. The characteristic lobing of lvs. on the young growth is shown in the upper spray of Fig. 2401. The nearest approach to this lobing is in the Japanese (Morus japonica), and this affords another of those interesting parallelisms which exist between the Japanese and E. American floras. The red mulberry is the largest tree of the genus. In the S. it often attains a height of 70 ft. and a diam. of 3 or 4 ft. The timber is used for posts and light woodwork. Var. tomentosa, Bureau (M. tomentosa, Raf.). Lvs. very soft- pubescent and whitish beneath, often glossy but rough above. Texas.—A large-fruited form of this was intro. in 1889 by T. V. Munson as the Lampasas mulberry
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Morus|genus page]].''
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*'Illinois Everbearing' (a hybrid between Red Mulberry and [[White Mulberry]]) - early summer crop, plus smaller crop in autumn
  
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It is a [[deciduous]] tree, growing to 10-15 m tall, rarely 20 m, with a trunk up to 50 cm diameter. The leaves are alternate, 7-14 cm long and 6-12 cm broad, simple, broadly cordate, with a shallow notch at the base, unlobed on mature trees, often with 2-3 lobes on young trees, and with a finely serrated margin.
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The fruit is a compound cluster of several small [[drupe]]s, similar in appearance to a [[blackberry]], 2-3 cm long, red ripening dark purple, edible and very sweet with a good flavor.
 
 
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Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Topside 600.jpg|Top side of a leaf
 
Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Topside 600.jpg|Top side of a leaf
 
Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Underside 600.jpg|Underside of a leaf
 
Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Underside 600.jpg|Underside of a leaf
 
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
 
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*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/moru2.htm ''Morus rubra'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
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*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500782 Flora of North America, Profile and map: ''Morus rubra''] [http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=6444&flora_id=1 RangeMap:]
 
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[[Category:Moraceae|Mulberry, Red]]
 
  
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[[Category:Trees of Eastern United States|Mulberry, Red]]
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[[Category:Trees of Plains-Midwest U.S.|Mulberry, Red]]
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[[Category:Trees of Texas|Mulberry, Red]]
 
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[[Category:Trees of Ontario|Mulberry, Red]]
 
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[[Category:Trees of Vermont|Mulberry, Red]]
 

Latest revision as of 22:20, 7 January 2010


The bark of the Red mulberry tree


Plant Characteristics
Habit   tree

Height: ⇕ 10 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 15 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ E & C United States
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Sunset Zones: 2-7, 26, 28-41
Scientific Names

Moraceae >

Morus >

rubra >


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Similar to M. alba, but has bigger, better tasting and much darker fruit.


Read about Red Mulberry in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Morus rubra, Linn. Native Red Mulberry. Lvs. usually large, very various, those on the young shoots deeply lobed with very oblique and rounded sinuses in the base of which there are no teeth, the upper surface rough and the lower one soft or variously pubescent, the teeth medium or comparatively small and either rounded or bluntish: fr. deep red, or when fully ripe almost black, variable in size, often very good, nearly always having an agreeable slight acidity. Mass. to Fla., Kans. and Texas, mostly in rich soils and bottom lands.—This native mulberry has been tried for the feeding of silkworms, but with indifferent success. At least 3 of the named fr.-bearing mulberries belong to it, and a yellow-lvd. mulberry, which is somewhat grown for ornament, also appears to be of this species. The characteristic lobing of lvs. on the young growth is shown in the upper spray of Fig. 2401. The nearest approach to this lobing is in the Japanese (Morus japonica), and this affords another of those interesting parallelisms which exist between the Japanese and E. American floras. The red mulberry is the largest tree of the genus. In the S. it often attains a height of 70 ft. and a diam. of 3 or 4 ft. The timber is used for posts and light woodwork. Var. tomentosa, Bureau (M. tomentosa, Raf.). Lvs. very soft- pubescent and whitish beneath, often glossy but rough above. Texas.—A large-fruited form of this was intro. in 1889 by T. V. Munson as the Lampasas mulberry


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More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

Cultivation

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Propagation

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Pests and diseases

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Cultivars

  • 'Illinois Everbearing' (a hybrid between Red Mulberry and White Mulberry) - early summer crop, plus smaller crop in autumn

Gallery

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  • Top side of a leaf

  • Underside of a leaf

References

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