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twigs=downy;
buds spread away from twigs;
leaves sometimes ♧ lobed
◼︎ red mulberry  Morus rubra
twigs=not downy;
buds grow along twigs;
leaves usually ♧ lobed
◼︎ white mulberry  Morus alba

Learn more about mulberry genus Morus (Morus spp.)

Part of fig/mulberry  family Moraceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose  order Rosales.

🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).

Despite its common name, botanically, its fruit is not a berry, but a "multiple fruit".

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)   Recipes.

Morus hosts caterpillars of 9 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.   plant terminology

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎🍂︎ simple 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍁︎ simple ♧ lobed with ∧ pointed tips 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🍂︎ simple non-lobed ▲▲ toothed multiple short 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds not larger
🍎︎🍇︎🌰︎🌾︎ fruit berries nuts cones seeds

◼︎ white mulberry  Morus alba ◼︎ red mulberry  Morus rubra