It's a paper mulberry and the reason it is fruitless is that it is a male tree. Those are staminate flowers. The vast majority of paper mulberrys are male for some reason.
On May 17, 10:11 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > I'm asking for help in ID'ing this tree. It's in our front yard. I'm not sure > if these trees are native here or not, but they do seem to be common. > For years and years I've referred to this one as a fruitless mulberry tree. > But is it mulberry? It has never, ever had fruit on it, but it reminds me of > mulberry trees that I've seen. > > And for those who don't know, or have forgotten, I live in the New Jersey > Pine Barrens, specifically in Atlantic County, just south of Wharton State > Forest (which now covers 122,000 acres). > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
