PLANTS Profile for Morus nigra (black mulberry)

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PLANTS Profile

Morus nigra L.
black mulberry

Symbol:

MONI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Moraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
PR		I

More Information:

Images:
Morus nigra L.

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Distribution:
Morus nigra L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (KY, LA, OH, TX, WV), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Morus nigra L.

View 15 genera in Moraceae, 4 species in Morus

Classification:
Morus nigra L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Hamamelididae
Order	Urticales
Family	Moraceae – Mulberry family
Genus	Morus L. – mulberry
Species	Morus nigra L. – black mulberry

Introduced Information:
Morus nigra L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Morus nigra L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19069.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 05:18 PM MDT