Morus rubra

Morus rubra
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Morus
Species:	M. rubra
Binomial name
	Morus rubra; L. 1753
	Native range
Synonyms
	Synonymy Morus argutidens Koidz. ; Morus canadensis Poir. ; Morus caroliniana Moretti ; Morus murrayana Saar & Galla ; Morus parvifolia Raf. ; Morus pensylvanica Nois. ex G.Don ; Morus reticulata Raf. ; Morus riparia Raf. ; Morus rubra f. atropurpurea F.Seym. ; Morus rubra var. canadensis (Poir.) Moretti ; Morus rubra var. incisa Bureau ; Morus rubra f. incurva F.Seym. ; Morus rubra f. laevis F.Seym. ; Morus rubra var. missouriensis Audib. ex Moretti, nom. nud. ; Morus rubra var. murrayana (Saar & Galla) Saar ; Morus rubra var. pensylvanica (Nois. ex G.Don) Moretti ; Morus rubra var. scabra (Willd.) Moretti ; Morus rubra var. tomentosa (Raf.) Bureau ; Morus scabra Willd. ; Morus tomentosa Raf. ; Morus virginica Duhamel ex Dippel, not validly publ. ;

Morus rubra, commonly known as the red mulberry, is a species of mulberry native to eastern and central North America. It is found from Ontario, Minnesota, and Vermont south to southern Florida, and west as far as southeastern South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and central Texas. There have been reports of isolated populations (very likely naturalized) in New Mexico, Idaho, and British Columbia.

Common in the United States, it is listed as an endangered species in Canada, and is susceptible to hybridization with the invasive white mulberry (M. alba), introduced from Asia.