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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Red Mulberry
| image = Red Mulberry Bark 500.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = The bark of the Red mulberry tree
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Moraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mulberry|Morus]]''
| species = '''''M. rubra'''''
| binomial = ''Morus rubra''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
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]].
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.
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.
<gallery>
Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Topside 600.jpg|Top side of a leaf
Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Underside 600.jpg|Underside of a leaf
</gallery>
==External links==
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/moru2.htm ''Morus rubra'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
*[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:]
[[Category:Moraceae|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Eastern United States|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Plains-Midwest U.S.|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Texas|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Ontario|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Vermont|Mulberry, Red]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Red Mulberry
| image = Red Mulberry Bark 500.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = The bark of the Red mulberry tree
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Moraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mulberry|Morus]]''
| species = '''''M. rubra'''''
| binomial = ''Morus rubra''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
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]].
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.
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.
<gallery>
Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Topside 600.jpg|Top side of a leaf
Image:Red Mulberry Leaf Underside 600.jpg|Underside of a leaf
</gallery>
==External links==
*[http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/moru2.htm ''Morus rubra'' images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]
*[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:]
[[Category:Moraceae|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Eastern United States|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Plains-Midwest U.S.|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Texas|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Ontario|Mulberry, Red]]
[[Category:Trees of Vermont|Mulberry, Red]]