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Morus nigra

L.
Tracheophyta » Rosales » Moraceae » Morus nigra
Common name (English)
Black mulberry
Common name (Greek)
βαβατσινιά
Ηabitat
C2 Running waters
I1 Arable
I2 Parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

W-Iran, Afghanistan (I), Iraq (I), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Azerbaijan (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Albania (I), Armenia (c), Austria (c), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Baleares (c), England (c), Bulgaria (c), Croatia (c), Serbia & Kosovo (c), France (I), Germany (c), Greece (I), Ireland (c), Switzerland (c), Netherlands (I), Spain (I), Hungary (I), Italy (I), Portugal (I), Macedonia (I), Montenegro (I), Poland (c), Moldavia (c), European Russia (c), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Malta (I), Slovakia (I), Slovenia (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Crimea (I), Ukraine (I), Uzbekistan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Tajikistan (I), China (I), Costa Rica (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)), Algeria (I), Morocco (I), Tunisia (I), Libya (I), Puerto Rico (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Guadeloupe (I), Martinique (I), St. Lucia (I), Barbados (I)), Cuba (I), Mexico (I), Madeira (I), Saudi Arabia (I), Yemen (I), Qatar (I), Bahrain (I), Canary Isl. (I) (Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), Hierro (I), La Palma Isl. (I), La Gomera (I), Lanzarote (I), Fuerteventura (I)), Pakistan (I), Jammu & Kashmir (I), India (I), Vietnam (I), USA (I) (Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Ohio (I), Texas (I), West Virginia (I)) 145662 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Casual. Less frequently seen than M. alba, but seen in several villages - none listed within Division 3.

First detection year
1862
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Hadjikyriakou G (2013) Contribution to the study of the flora of Cyprus 16 [Συμβολή στη μελέτη της χλωρίδας της Κύπρου 16]. Dasoponos 54: 7-10.

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Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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