# Please help me identify this tree take 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 16, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419 "2021-06-16T19:50:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/1 "2021-06-16T19:50:47Z")
I was trimming some tall bushes in my front yard and I spotted some berries that looked like Mulberries. I clipped some leaves and took a picture of them along with the berries. > **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/5dim29)** Are these from a Mulberry bush or tree…? ---
**Author:** ![Retzbu\_Tox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/retzbu_tox/32/11829_2.png) [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/2 "2021-06-16T20:10:59Z")
I would agree that it is a mulberry tree. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/3 "2021-06-16T20:16:55Z")
Thank You! I mean, the birds got all the berries… but maybe next year… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/4 "2021-06-16T20:27:21Z")
Mulberry leaves can be different shapes, including lobeless, mitten, and Rebel Alliance Symbol. But all of them are big, and fuzzy, like a piece of okra. A secondary means of identification is if you find a monkey chasing a weasel round and round the bush. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/5 "2021-06-16T20:29:22Z")
Also, mulberries have seperate male and female plants. I have one in my yard, but it is a dude, so no fruit for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/6 "2021-06-16T20:34:34Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > A secondary means of identification is if you find a monkey chasing a weasel round and round the bush. One of my neighbors, a Mr. York, has a monkey named Rudy and a weasel named D… wait this is the wrong forum isn’t it? Darn, because now That’s a funny story… ---
**Author:** ![oldoaktree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@oldoaktree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldoaktree)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/7 "2021-06-17T03:52:32Z")
Red Mulberry Morus Rubra ---
**Author:** ![oldoaktree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ccd318/32.png) [@oldoaktree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldoaktree)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/8 "2021-06-17T03:53:39Z")
I got this cool app on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/9 "2021-06-19T02:29:49Z")
I am not a mulberry expert, but it seems that depending on the species or variety, mulberry trees can be male, female, transition between genders or in some instances are self-fertile. I planted two varieties of self-fertile mulberries this spring. Having two different kinds is supposed to improve fruit set. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/10 "2021-06-19T03:32:31Z")
It is a mulberry tree maybe the dwarf kind. But if you really like mulberries, plant a Pakistan mulberry or the like. The fruits are much bigger and juicier. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/11 "2021-06-19T15:49:08Z")
I live in a housing development called M lberry Lane. Somebody stole the U. Never seen any mulberry bushes around here either. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-tree-take-2/944419/12 "2021-06-19T15:54:35Z")
It’s common for housing developments to be named after features that were removed in order to put up houses. For example, a development named “Andover Forest” will be (at least initially) devoid of trees.