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Red mulberry

Native

Morus rubra

Mulberry (Moraceae) · Other broadleaf · 30–60 ft

Knowing it

Large sandpapery leaves, some mitten-lobed, and dark purple fruit in June. Moist woods and bottoms statewide; hybridizes with the invasive white mulberry.

What a tree company sees

Moderately weak, rot-prone wood; fruit stains everything beneath it.

Recorded in 80 counties

From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.