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Identifying a Volunteer Mulberry in Minnesota

Identification

The tree is Red Mulberry (Morus rubra). Key traits: rough, sandpaper-like upper leaf surface; soft hairs underneath; variable leaf shapes; blackberry-like edible fruit.

Value

Berries make excellent pies. Tree can be kept or removed based on location preference.

Trees: Fruitless Mulberry Leaf Spot: Fall Cleanup Beats Late Spraying; Weeping Mulberry Leaf Spots and Yellowing: Likely Minor, Check Roots; New Mulberry Tree Leaf Death After Pruning: Transplant Shock or Stress; Fruitless Mulberry Stops Growing: Watering Too Light, Tree May Be Dying; Fruitless Mulberry One-Sided Decline: Chemical Injury Suspected; Non-Bearing Mulberry Decline: Stress, Recovery, and Atomic Grow; Mulberry Partial Leaf Out: Fungus Check and Atomic Grow Catch-Up; Fruitless Mulberry Leaf Spot: Late-Season Fungus Management; Removing a Fruitless Mulberry Tree and Preventing Regrowth; Mulberry Tree Fungus: Identification and Treatment

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