DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Morus rubra | Red Mulberry 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The native range of red mulberry extends from Massachussetts and
southern Vermont west through the southern half of New York to extreme
southwestern Ontario, southern Michigan, central Wisconsin and
southeastern Minnesota; south to Iowa, southeastern Nebraska, central
Kansas, western Oklahoma, and central Texas; and east to southern
Florida [19,20].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress
   FRES17  Elm - ash - cottonwood
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch


STATES : 
     AL  AR  CT  DE  FL  GA  IL  IN  IA  KS
     KY  LA  MD  MA  MI  MN  MS  MO  NE  NJ
     NY  NC  OH  OK  PA  RI  SC  TN  TX  VT
     VA  WV  WI


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ALPO  ANTI  BIBE  BICY  BISO  BITH
     BLRI  BUFF  CALO  CAMO  CHCH  COLO
     COSW  CODA  CUGA  CUIS  EFMO  FOCA
     FODO  GATE  GWCA  GWMP  GRSM  HOBE
     HOSP  INDU  JELA  JOFL  MACA  NATR
     NERI  OBRI  OZAR  PRWI  RICH  ROCR
     SHEN  SHIL  SLBE  WICR


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   14  Great Plains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K082  Mosaic of K074 and K100
   K083  Cedar glades
   K084  Cross Timbers
   K092  Everglades
   K098  Northern floodplain forest
   K099  Maple - basswood forest
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K101  Elm - ash forest
   K102  Beech - maple forest
   K103  Mixed mesophytic forest
   K104  Appalachian oak forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K113  Southern floodplain forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    39  Black ash - American elm - red maple
    40  Post oak - blackjack oak
    42  Bur oak
    46  Eastern redcedar
    57  Yellow-poplar
    62  Silver maple - American elm
    63  Cottonwood
    75  Shortleaf pine
    76  Shortleaf pine - oak
    78  Virginia pine - oak
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    87  Sweet gum - yellow-poplar
    89  Live oak
    91  Swamp chestnut oak - cherrybark oak
    93  Sugarberry - American elm - green ash
   105  Tropical hardwoods
   108  Red maple


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Red mulberry usually occurs as scattered individuals in floodplain or
cove forests, where it is often an understory tree [19].
  
The most common tree associates of red mulberry not previously mentioned
include American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) and in southern part
of its range, silver maple (Acer saccharinum).  In the northern areas
associates include boxelder (A. negundo) and white ash (Fraxinus
americana) [19].

Associated understory species include roughleaf dogwood (Cornus
drummondii), flowering dogwood (C. florida), swamp-privet (Forestiera
acuminata), Nuttall oak (Quercus nuttallii), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.),
and possumhaw (Ilex decidua).  Associated herbs include pokeweed
(Phytolacca americana), stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), eastern
poison-ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), and greenbriers (Smilax spp.) [19].

Related categories for Species: Morus rubra | Red Mulberry