Red Mulberry
(Morus rubra L.)
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, most often heart-shaped but sometimes lobed, 3"-5" long, rough on the upper surface; margins toothed.
red mulberry Moraceae Morus rubra L. symbol: MORU2
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The RED MULBERRY (M. rubra), a native of the United States of America, is very difficult to grow here.
Harvest: White and red mulberry fruits (and hybrid fruits) are ready for harvest in late spring. The fruit of black mulberries ripen in summer to late summer.
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Red Mulberry [English]: Morus rubra
Red Mulberry [English]: Morus rubra var. tomentosa
Red Mulberry Tree [English]: Morus rubra
Red Mulga [English]: Acacia cyperophylla var. omearana
Red Mulga [English]: Acacia cyperophylla var. cyperophylla ...
White mulberry looks a lot like the North American native, red mulberry (Morus rubra), but the former has shiny leaves, whereas the leaves of red mulberry are not shiny.
The venerable mulberry planted in 1889 in the outer northeast island of the Inner Quad is an American red mulberry M. rubra, as witnessed by the small, rough-topped leaves that are paler below and with hairy veins.
Examples include serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis and A. arborea), redbud (Cercis canadensis), flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), American holly (Ilex opaca), red mulberry (Morus rubra), spicebush (Lindera benzoin), ...
Both the white and the red mulberry (M. rubra, native to North America) have been cultivated in America since colonial times, but the lack of cheap hand labor prevented the establishment of a silkworm industry.
Morus australis - Chinese Mulberry
Morus celtidifolia - Mexican Mulberry
Morus insignis - Argentine Mulberry
Morus mesozygia - African Mulberry
Morus microphylla - Texas Mulberry
Morus nigra - Black Mulberry
Morus rubra - Red Mulberry ...
countries is the White Mulberry (M. alba) and its varieties, but as England is too cold for silk cultivation it is of slight value with us, and the same may be said of the other kinds, the one exception being, perhaps, the American Red Mulberry (M.
Maclura pomifera (Osage Orange)
Morus alba (White Mulberry)
Morus australis (Contorted Mulberry)
Morus microphylla (Texas Mulberry, Little-leaf Mulberry)
Morus nigra (Black Mulberry)
Morus rubra (Red Mulberry) ...
 See also: Mulberry, Green, Morus, May, White mulberry
  
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