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An individual instance of Morus rubra (red mulberry)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/5-72
Notes:
This tree is at the northwest corner of Alumni Lawn, just beyond the sidewalk that extends from the front door of McGill Hall. You can recognize it easily by its double trunk.
The leaves of red mulberry are the best way to recognize this species. As the main veins approach the margin of the leaf, they loop around until they are parallel to the margin. Red mulberry is also one of the few trees with leaves that can be mitten-shaped with a single lobe "thumb" on one side. The other tree that commonly has leaves like this is sassafras, but sassafras leaves differ from mulberry by having untoothed margins. The mitten leaves are not always a good way to recognize red mulberry, because sometimes a tree will have few, or even no leaves that are mittened. If the tree is a female, you may also find its fruits in the summer. They change from red to black as they ripen.
Red mulberry is the only mulberry that you will commonly find in the wild in this area. It is often a small tree or shrub, although it can become a large tree.
This tree is described on p. 67 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
The leaves of red mulberry are the best way to recognize this species. As the main veins approach the margin of the leaf, they loop around until they are parallel to the margin. Red mulberry is also one of the few trees with leaves that can be mitten-shaped with a single lobe "thumb" on one side. The other tree that commonly has leaves like this is sassafras, but sassafras leaves differ from mulberry by having untoothed margins. The mitten leaves are not always a good way to recognize red mulberry, because sometimes a tree will have few, or even no leaves that are mittened. If the tree is a female, you may also find its fruits in the summer. They change from red to black as they ripen.
Red mulberry is the only mulberry that you will commonly find in the wild in this area. It is often a small tree or shrub, although it can become a large tree.
This tree is described on p. 67 of The Trees of Vanderbilt.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 3-388.
This particular organism is believed to have managedmeans of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Morus rubra
L.
sec. Vanderbilt 1994
common name: red mulberry
family: Moraceae
Identified 1994 by Robert Kral
Location:
north of Alumni Lawn, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14784°, -86.80444°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2014-09-15
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