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