Flower ID: IMG_6874.JPG-06-13-2021 Flower name (scientific): Morus alba Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) MOR-us AL-bah Flower name (common): White Mulberry Family name (common): Mulberry Family name (scientific): Moraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: The ancient Latin name for the mulberry tree, cognate with or borrowed from ancient Greek μόρον (móron). Specific epithet: Latin for white, with reference to the color of the fruit. This species has been cultivated as a food source for silkworms rather than the edible quality of the fruit. Common name origin: From the color of the fruit. Mulberry comes with a very long history, originally taken from German and having several different spellings. In later times it is used to refer to various species of the genus Morus. Flower description: Size: 0.2 to 0.3 inches (5 to 8 mm) Petal count: 0 Color: green Other: flower arrangement, Spike Plant description: Size: 240 to 600 inches (6 to 15 m) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, ovate (FNA), irregularly lobed or lacking lobes (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Disturbed areas, woodland margins, savannas, thickets, sun or semi-shade, moist to dry. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Morus rubra (Red Mulberry) can have a resemblance to Morus alba. The abaxial leaf surface of Morus rubra is pubescent or puberulent, and the adaxial leaf surface is covered with short stiff hairs that may feel rough to the touch, whereas the abaxial leaf surface of Morus alba is glabrous or is pubescent along main veins or in axils of major veins, and the adaxial leaf surface is glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Cherokee used this species to treat worms, and as an antidiarrheal. They also used the fruit as a food source (Moerman, p. 350, 1998). Latitude: 44.800638 Longitude: -91.502855 Altitude: 240.30 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Brown, Buffalo, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Eau Claire, Fond du Lac, Grant, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Manitowoc, Marinette, Milwaukee, Monroe, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Pepin, Racine, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha, Winnebago) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (BC, ON, QC) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): FACU Wetland Status (MW): FAC