- White mulberry (Morus alba)
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Well-drained floodplain forests, mesic and dry-mesic upland forests, old fields, and fencerows; typically, but not exclusively, in base-rich soils. Infrequent throughout Virginia
It is sometimes considered to be a host plant for Red Admiral butterfly. Its fruits are eaten by many birds, especially gray catbirds and northern mockingbirds, foxes, opossums, squirrels, and raccoons
Weedy and messy. Red mulberry has become scarcer (especially as a tree) in recent decades and is reported to be disappearing from portions of its range. The cause is still uncertain but a bacterial disease or fungal pathogen is suspected
Causes low toxicity if eaten. Hallucinations and stomach upset from unripe fruit and sap