This summer I noticed a small tree sprouting up in my backyard. It is now over 8 feet tall and has a very broad long leaf. Can anyone help me identify what it is. Here is a picture of the leaf... It also looks like it has some sort of fungus, any suggestions on how to get rid of it? Leaf Leaf2 fungus
I don't know what the tree is, but it looks like it's got mites, not fungus. I'd try insecticidal soap first.
Ron B knows whereof he speaks, weirdtree.... Young mulberries have different leaf-shapes from the mature plants. I happen to agree with him, because the suckers on my Morus alba have the same leaf shape.
Togata: try http://www.tropicalforages.info/key/Forages/Media/Html/Morus_spp.htm and pay special attention to what it says under morphology. If you refine Ron B's search using "leaves" you get this set which shows the variation fairly well. Particularly the one from duke.edu
i don't think mites would cause that kind of damage. seems more like it's fungal. OR it could just be that the leaves are getting ready to drop for winter. i'm seeing many trees (all different types) that aren't doing the usual leaf-color change - the leaves just up and died and are hanging there all dried up. we didn't have good rains this summer and that always affects the quality of the leaf color changes. could be the same conditions where you are.
I do not question the lobed-ness or variations thereof of the leaves of Morus alba. Still unanswered is my actual query as to the toothed nature of the leaf edges.
That is another thing easily seen to be part of the variation of the species by looking at the pictures linked to. White mulberry is one of those plants frequently asked about on the internet, often it is the maple-like leaf type that generates puzzlement or interest.