White Mulberry

  • berries are juicy, taste bland or sweet
  • berry resembles an elongated blackberry
  • leaves are smooth, shiny, variably lobed
  • tree grows as high as a five-story house
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Look-alikes in Ontario

The similar-looking but less common red mulberry (Morus rubra) also produces edible berries, but differs in that the bark and wood are more reddish, and the leaves are rougher and have pubescent hairs on the underside.

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