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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 9 taxa in the family Moraceae, Mulberry family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Paper Mulberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Broussonetia papyrifera FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Broussonetia papyrifera FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Broussonetia papyrifera 057-01-001 FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it in urban lots, disturbed areas, roadsides
Common
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
White Mulberry, Silkworm Mulberry, Russian Mulberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Morus alba FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Morus alba FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Morus alba 057-02-001 FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, vacant lots, roadsides, moist forests
Uncommon
Non-native: east Asia
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Common Name:
Red Mulberry
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Morus rubra FAMILY: Moraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Morus rubra var. rubra FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Morus rubra 057-02-002 FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it in bottomland forests, mesic slopes, disturbed areas, suburban woodlands
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Osage-orange, Hedge-apple, Bow-wood
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Maclura pomifera FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Maclura pomifera FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Maclura pomifera 057-03-001 FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it in fields, hedgerows, forests
Common, naturalized from extensive planting
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Edible Fig, Garden Fig
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ficus carica FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ficus carica FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Ficus carica 057-04-001 FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it . Grown for its fruits, it's persistent from plantings - persisting and naturalizing particularly on barrier islands, where it sometimes forms thickets on dunes, or otherwise in the outer Coastal Plain, where proximity to the ocean ameliorates cold temperatures
Rare
Non-native: west Asia
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Common Name:
Climbing Fig, Creeping Fig
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Ficus pumila FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ficus pumila FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it on walls, in disturbed urban areas
Rare. Locally common in old seaports in the South.
Non-native: south Asia
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Common Name:
Laurel Fig
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Moraceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Ficus thonningii FAMILY: Moraceae
Non-native: southern Asia
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Common Name:
Cudrania, Strawberry-bush, Chinese Che
Weakley's Flora: (2/8/20) Maclura tricuspidata FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cudrania tricuspidata FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it in forest edges, suburban woodlands, where it has escaped and naturalized from plantings
Waifs (escaped & naturalized from plantings)
Non-native: China/Korea
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Common Name:
Mulberry-weed, Crabweed, Foolish-weed
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Fatoua villosa FAMILY: Moraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Fatoua villosa FAMILY: Moraceae
Look for it in disturbed areas, vegetable and flower gardens
Rare
Non-native: Asia
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