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Morus alba

White Mulberry

GNRUnranked Found in 13 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145482

Element CodePDMOR0D010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderUrticales

FamilyMoraceae

GenusMorus

Other Common Names

Mûrier blanc (FR) white mulberry (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Species identification in mulberry (Morus) continues to be a point of great debate among scientists despite the number of criteria such as floral characters, wood, and leaf anatomical and biochemical characters used to identify the species within this genus. The results of genetic cluster analysis revealed relatively high degrees of DNA polymorphism among several species of Morus where Morus laevigata was found to be a separate species of mulberry while Morus latifolia, Morus bombycis, Morus alba, and Morus indica were grouped together and treated as subspecies (Vigayan et al., 2004).

Conservation Status

Change Date1994-03-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaNNA

Province	Rank	Native
British Columbia	SNA	No
Ontario	SNA	No
Quebec	SNA	No

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
North Dakota	SNA	No
Vermont	SNA	No
Louisiana	SNA	No
Ohio	SNA	No
Maryland	SNA	No
Wyoming	SNA	No
Nebraska	SNA	No
Indiana	SNA	No
New Hampshire	SNA	No
Michigan	SNA	No
Wisconsin	SNA	No
Florida	SNA	No
New Mexico	SNA	No
Illinois	SNA	No
Missouri	SNA	No
South Dakota	SNA	No
Kentucky	SNA	No
North Carolina	SNA	No
Iowa	SNA	No
Oklahoma	SNA	No
Kansas	SNA	No
Texas	SNA	No
West Virginia	SNA	No
Massachusetts	SNA	No
New York	SNA	No
Tennessee	SNA	No
New Jersey	SNA	No
Hawaii	SNA	No
Pennsylvania	SNA	No
Connecticut	SNA	No
California	SNA	No
Minnesota	SNA	No
Delaware	SNA	No
Rhode Island	SNA	No
Virginia	SNA	No
South Carolina	SNA	No
Arkansas	SNA	No
Washington	SNA	No
District of Columbia	SNA	No
Colorado	SNA	No
Alabama	SNA	No
Mississippi	SNA	No
Maine	SNA	No
Utah	SNA	No
Georgia	SNA	No
Idaho	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (13)

Arizona (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Tumacacori	Coronado National Forest	44,594
Upper Rincon Roadless	Coronado National Forest	2,991

California (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Coldwater	Cleveland National Forest	8,402
Ladd	Cleveland National Forest	5,300

Idaho (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Bighorn - Weitas	Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest	254,845
North Lochsa Slope	Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest	117,662

Oregon (4)

Area	Forest	Acres
Cook Ridge	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	19,617
Imnaha Face	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	29,575
Mountain Sheep	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	19,457
Snake River	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	31,229

Utah (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
418024	Uinta National Forest	51,699
South Francis	Wasatch-Cache National Forest	3,374

Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Jerkemtight	George Washington National Forest	16,687

References (4)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 1997. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 3. Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiii + 590 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Little, E.L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees (native and naturalized). Agriculture Handbook No. 541. U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. 375 pp.
Vijayan, K., P.P. Srivastava, and A.K. Awasthi. 2004. Analysis of phylogenetic relationship among five mulberry (<i>Morus</i>) species using molecular markers. Genome, 47(3): 439-448.