posted 4 years ago
Went to growingmulberry.org and looked at the description for paper mulberry. I also went to the Purdue extension paper on Mulberry.
No red hairs on petioles or the small branches. The leaf is dull dark green, rough on top and the hairs are not visible so I am thinking this is a Morus Rubra. Morus rubra has leaves as large as 10 inches
But The first website indicates that Florida Giant is a Morus Alba.
So this may just be a standard Red Mulberry. I can always graft other varieties if these turn out to be not flavorful.
I may have also found a very large version of this tree around 50 foot tall. May look at pollarding this one in the fall.
Other people may reject you but if you lie in the forest floor for long enough the moss and fungi will accept you as one of their own!