Morus celtidifolia, the Texas mulberry, is a plant species native to South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States, ranging from Argentina north as far as Arizona and Oklahoma. In the US, it grows in canyons and on slopes, usually near streams, from 200–2,200 metres (660–7,220 feet) in elevation. It is very often referred to as "Morus microphylla," including in Flora of North America,[6] but recent studies suggest that these names are synonymous with M. celtidifolia holding priority.[4][5][7][8][9][10]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Morus |
| Species: | M. celtidifolia
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Morus celtidifolia is a shrub or tree, sometimes reaching 7.5 m (25 ft) in height. It has much smaller leaves than the other two species in the US (M. alba and M. rubra), the blade usually less than 7 centimetres (2+3⁄4 inches) long. The edible fruits[11] are red, purple, or nearly black,[2][3][12][13] and are consumed by wildlife, and, historically, by Native Americans. In ancient (probably prehistoric) times, the Havasupai people introduced the species to the Grand Canyon.[14]
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2021). "Morus celtidifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T192353028A192378177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T192353028A192378177.en. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund (1817). Nova Genera et Species Plantarum. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). p. 33.
- ^ a b Buckley, Samuel Botsford (1862). "Descriptions of new plants from Texas – no. 2". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 14 (1): 8.
- ^ a b "Morus celtidifolia". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ a b "Morus celtidifolia". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Gardens – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
- ^ Wunderlin, Richard P. (1997). "Morus microphylla". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Berg, C. C. 2001. Moreae, Artocarpeae, and Dorstenia (Moraceae) with introductions to the family and Ficus and with additions and corrections to Flora Neotropica Monograph 7. Flora Neotropica 83: iii–iv, 1–346.
- ^ Jørgensen, P. M., M. H. Nee & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 2013. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ Berg, C. C. 1998. 27B. Moraceae (excl. Ficus). 60: 1–128. In G. W. Harling & L. Andersson (eds.), Flora of Ecuador .University of Göteborg, Göteborg.
- ^ Linares, J. L. 2005. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268.
- ^ Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 432. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
- ^ Thomas H. Kearney & Robert H. Peebles. 1979. Arizona Flora, with Supplement, Second Edition. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ P. Martin et al. 2000. Gentry's Rio Mayo Plants. The Tropical Deciduous Forest & Environs of Northwest Mexico. University of Arizona Press, Tucson
- ^ Little, Elbert L. (1994) [1980]. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Western Region (Chanticleer Press ed.). Knopf. p. 425. ISBN 0394507614.