I used to hate for years the suckers of Paper Mulberry from a neighbor's yard but have made peace with them by cutting them back for biomass and duck food. But it seems there are many other uses I should consider.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:1VgMf37E41oJ:www.rarefruit.org/PDF_files/Broussonetia_papyrifer.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi54n7WF58TYz9xsU8D1j1QL5CFh5NWh1xjnbb2Mh898XnYUzG8RqCpUacpFUeT_TFbq4FoZ3D-TjtrTGA--jrOsbijAfLtERDoBE77GDHGT5aX-FLy_HJV2U53cKaNbkJOERWI&sig=AHIEtbST8idIPiqHx3up0C6USf2Sk-ZwBg
Nice find. We've eaten the fruit before and it's delicious. Tastes like honey or a sweet persimmon.
ReplyDeleteThey are amazingly invasive, though. The clonal stands they create are quite impressive.