Texas Mulberry?

last year

This apparent Mulberry with small, ~3" leaves with long tips was found growing up in a rocky ravine at a local park. Is it perhaps Texas Mulberry (Morus microphylla)? The leaves aren't glossy like invasive Morus alba, but they also aren't leathery like more typically native Mulberries? They're thin, matte, and a little hairy.

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bengz6westmd
last year
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Looks like some species of mulberry. Are the stems near the base orangish? Broken-off leaf have milky sap? The native and Eurasian mulberries can hybridize.....
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Jay 6a Chicago
last year
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It looks right for M. microphylla. The leaf undersides should be either scabrous or pubescent. The leaf shapes can be variable and lobed like with M.alba, rubra and indica, but that's not the case here.
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blakrab Centex
Original Author
last year
Yes, the stems near the base are orangish!

And there's even just a few lobed leaves, too.

And yes, both sides of the leaves are scabrous.

Overall, this little "tree" is very multi-trunked and about ~9' tall.
bengz6westmd
last year
It could be sprouts from a cut tree.