Native Trees of Kentucky 73 



MULBERRY FAMILY Moraceae.. 



Two genera of this family have tree forms in Kentucky : 



A. Genus Morus Mulberry. 



B. Genus Toxylon Osage Orange. 



a. Mulberry Morns rubra. 



The Red Mulberry is one of the rapid-growing, fruit-bearing 

 trees scattered through the State. 



The wood is deep yellow, soft ; durable in contact with the 

 soil ; used in cooperage and for fence posts. 



The flowers are variable, sometimes perfect, often of two 

 kinds, staminate and pistillate on the same tree. 



Like the Sassafras, the leaf of the Mulberry varies in form, 

 usually heart-shaped, often lobed. 



Tree medium size, trunk short with spreading branches. 



Bark yellow brown, separating into scales. 



Learcs alternate, simple, rough, variable in form. 



Fruit compound, sweet and juicy, resembling a blackberry. 



