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White Mulberry
Morus alba

Native to northern China, white mulberry was imported to start a silk industry as food for the silkworm caterpillar. It is hybridizing with the native red mulberry and diluting the gene pool.
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White Mulberry1
David J. Moorhead, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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White Mulberry2
Theodore Webster, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
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