466 NEW JiXGLAND TREKS IX WINTER. 



RED MULBERRY 



Morus rubra L. 



HABIT — A small tree 15-25 ft. in heig-ht "u-ith trunk diameter of S-15 

 inches, of larger size in the Ohio and Mississippi basins; trunk short, 

 dividing- into a number of stout spreading- limbs developing a compact, 

 broad, rounded head with numerous small branches in aspect resembling 

 an apple tree, somewhat less scraggly than the A\''hite Mulberry. (The 

 tree photographed had been considerably trimmed;. 



BARK — Dark brown, divided into irregular longitudinal plates which 

 tend to lift at the ends and llake oft, sumetimts however not con- 

 spicuously flaky. 



TWIGS — Slender though rather stouter than those of the T^'^hite Mul- 

 berry; somewhat zigzag, reddish tu gret-nish-br<-> wn, with rather 

 sweetish taste, cut twig showing milky juice. L.EXTICEL.S — small, 

 scattered, inconspicuous. 



LEAF-SCARS — A 1 tern at e. 2-ranked. raised, nearlv circular, slightly 

 hollowed in the center. STIPULE-SCARS — narrow. BUXI->LE-SCARS — 

 raised but generally less distinctly so than in the White Mulberry, 

 forming a closed ring or irregularly scattered in the center. 



BUDS — Terminal bud absent. lateral buds ovate, pointed. ?>bout 6 mm. 

 long, stuut but lunger than broad, not at all or but slightly flattened, 

 divergent, shining, greenish to chestnut brown. BUL»- SCALES — 2- 

 ranked, with thii;i distinctly darker margins, 4-S scales visible. 



FRUIT — Rfd. n>A to be found in winter. 



<:'0>rPARIS(>>s — The Red is most readily separated from the White 

 Mulberry by ii.^ darker twigs, its larger shining, greenish to chestnut 

 bruwn buds with dark-margined bud-scalts. 



DISTRIBUTIO\ — Banks of rivers, rich woods. Canadian shore of 

 Lake Erie; soutli to Florida; west to Micliigan, Suuth Dakota, and 

 Texas. 



TN NEW ENGLAND — A rare tree; Maine — doubtfully reported ; New 

 Hampshire — Pemigewasset valley, White Mountains; Vermont — northern 

 extremity of Lake Cham].lain, banks of the Cunnecticut, P<twnal. North 

 Pownal; Massachusetts — -rare; Rhode Island— no station rt-ported. 



IN CONNECTICUT — Rare or occasional; Bristol. Plainville. North 

 Guilford, East Rock and Norwich. 



AVOOD — Light, soft, not strong, rather tough, coarse-grained, very 

 durable. light orange color with thick lighter coh-red sapwood, used 

 largely for fencing, in cooperage and in ship and boat building. 



