Author Topic: Trees from Cindy's woods #15 (Read 1380 times)

GW · « **on:** August 18, 2007, 08:54:44 am »

I'm going with Red Mulberry. I read that RM is listed as an endangered species in Canada, and is also threatened in the United States. This tree is barely 4 inches dbh, but I think I've seen larger specimens on our place. Like with the Swamp Tupelo I don't see any fruit developing. This tree is under a fairly thick canopy so I guess that would limit the fruit. If this is a Mulberry I would like to release it and try to get some fruit for the birds (and me).

Mike_Barcaskey · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:06:23 am »

I'd agree with you
around here there's no shortage of them, almost like weeds once they establish

tim1234 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:09:10 am »

Do ya get berries on that type. Mulberries are soooo sweet. If you can pick enough of them and keep from eatin them long enough you can make an awsome pie!

GW · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2007, 09:44:24 am »

The info I found said this variety has sweet berries.

I grew up in Northern Illinois and my friend's family had a Mulberry on their property. I don't know what type of MB it was but I spent hours at a time in that tree with my buddy, eating berries until we were half purple. Mulberries are my favorite berry I think.

metalspinner · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2007, 05:49:06 pm »

Is that a sassafrass leaf in the first pic?

By the looks of your fingertips it seems you were sampling some berries.

GW · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2007, 06:15:54 pm »

No metalspinner, that's one of the leaves on this tree, but there is some sassafras here.

My fingers are stained from marking leave trees with blue paint. I diluted tinted latex primer with water and I'm spraying it with a pump sprayer. I was unclogging it by hand until I realized I could just whip the wand on a tree...

Riles · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2007, 06:19:01 pm »

Yup, Red mulberry, Morus rubra. Leaves can be very similar to sassafras, the easiest way to tell is to crush the leaf and smell it.

Sounds like you have a male tree, no berries. I wouldn't consider mulberry threatened in the US, it's not hard finding them in the south at least.

GW · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2007, 06:28:01 pm »

I'm going to have to get my Mulberry boy a girlfriend!

I read that Red Mulberry is on the endangered list in Canada and that it's threatened in some areas of the US.

Only a few of the lower leaves on this tree have any lobes at all.

WDH · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2007, 06:51:05 pm »

All the mulberries are gone about the end of May, so no way to tell now if it is a boy or a girl. I did a thread on mulberries earlier this late spring/early summer.

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=25639.0

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2007, 07:00:32 pm »

If the leaf margins were not toothed, the only other option would be 'sass'.

tim1234 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 18, 2007, 07:55:46 pm »

How would you propogate Mulberry? We never get sprouts so do you need a male female for the trees to propagate like some other trees. We get plenty of berries so it can't be just the berry.

Tim

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #11 on:** August 18, 2007, 07:59:21 pm »

If your getting berries, then there must be male flowers to, need pollen.

I think mulberry can be one sex or both or neither and never flower. Fun eh?

Tom · « **Reply #12 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:01:00 pm »

Yes, a mulberry can change sex in mid-stride. It is also written that it takes several years (in the neighborhood of 8 ) before a mulberry will produce berries. Propagation is usually done by rooting cuttings from the mature tree. I think this was covered fairly extensively in a recent thread.

Furby · « **Reply #13 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:13:11 pm »

I get mulberries sprouting from the seeds/bird droppings.
Have them popping up all over the place.
Only thing worse is the boxelder and a maple.

GW · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:32:08 pm »

I might cut down every tree that isn't a Mulberry.

tim1234 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:37:15 pm »

Furby,

That's interesting. We have 3 mulberry trees that are mature. Too mature and have serious defects from storms and age. We never get sprouts from seeds. I'll do a search on the thread for propogating from cuttings (thansk Tom).

Tim

Furby · « **Reply #16 on:** August 19, 2007, 10:49:09 pm »

Well if the sprouts aren't from seeds, then I have no clue as to how they are sprouting, so I simply assume they are from seed.

That and the amount of colored droppings around here.

Ever see what those deep colored droppings do to fresh pine window casing

tim1234 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2007, 07:22:23 am »

I know what they do to a lot of stuff. How about kids running through a minefield of berries and then comming into the house

Tim

GW · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2007, 08:35:25 am »

I worked as a chef for many years and I always wished for a source of Mulberries. I guess they're just too fragile to handle/ship.

Furby · « **Reply #19 on:** August 20, 2007, 12:54:26 pm »

DanG Tim, ya got me there!

tim1234 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 21, 2007, 07:41:31 am »

Shipping

, they never make it from the tree to the house

Either me or my oldest usually scarf them down before we hit the front door

Tim

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