Identification Guide For Invasive Exotic Plants of the Florida Keys

Scientific Name:
Common Name(s):
Broussonetia papyrifera
Paper mulberry
Height:
Leaves:
Flowers:
Bark:
Fruit:
Other:
Treatment:
15 to 20 feet
Foliage is dull green, yellow green in the fall
Inconspicuous male catkins and small spherical female flowers appear in mid
to late spring
Mature bark develops a furrowed and ridged appearance, gray brown
Fall yields a red drupe, 3/4" wide
Growth habit is wide-spreading, forming a rounded broad crown. Can sucker
from base and become weedy if not pruned, very fast growing. Reproductive
at young age Very tolerant of grimy urban conditions, heat and drought, a
tough tree. Native to China and Japan.
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