USDA Hardiness zone	3-9 Learn more
Life cycle	Perennial
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Leaves	Deciduous
Height	18
Layer	Trees
Utility	Animal feed, Fiber, Hedgerow, Poultry forage, Wind breaker, Dye
Edible	true
Edible parts	Fruit, Inner bark, Leaves
Wikipedia	🔗
Growth	Medium
Alternate name	Common mulberry
Family	Moraceae
German name	Weiße maulbeere
Habitat	true
Warning	Weed potential
Plants For A Future	🔗

Created: 2020-08-11 16:09:47 UTC
Last updated: 2022-11-09 16:06:17 UTC by permabot

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White mulberry

Morus alba

Young leaves are edible.

Varieties

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Mulberry tree put on some solid growth earlier this summer. Squash are up and crawling. Echinacea didn't make it, but I have new seedlings ready to go any day.

July 11, 2022 19:31 Mulberry tree put on some solid growth earlier this summer. Squash ...

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