Index / Search / Broussonetia papyrifera
§1 Plant
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér. ex Vent.
vernacular paper mulberry — species · Moraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Moraceae Gaudich.
- Genus
- Broussonetia
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 366 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 366 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Calhoun 01015
- Choctaw 01023
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- Elmore 01051
- Etowah 01055
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- Russell 01113
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Talladega 01121
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Wilcox 01131
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 39 I ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Columbia 05027
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Drew 05043
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lee 05077
- Lonoke 05085
- Miller 05091
- Ouachita 05103
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 18 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 27 I ▾
- Allen 21003
- Boone 21015
- Bourbon 21017
- Calloway 21035
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Kenton 21117
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Mason 21161
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Owen 21187
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 I ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 18 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 71 I ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Dickenson 51051
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/BRPA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5361944 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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