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What's this plant?
Pat B:
Sprout growth sometimes has exaggerated leaves, in size and shape. I guess the sprouts have bigger leaves to support the massive root system below.
Eric Krewson:
I walked around my exercise trail through the TVA reservation Wednesday and there they were, same sprouts and leaves, fast growing as they had been mowed last year and were growing back from the stump, thousands of them. The leaves varied from plant to plant from the usual mulberry looking, heart shaped leaves, to exactly like Jim has in his pictures.
And I still don't know for sure what they are.
I drove by an abandoned, over grown building on my way to the trail, in front to the building the property was full of giant ragweed plants, definitely not the same plant as Jim has in his pictures but exactly the same plant as we used for spears in my youth.
swamp monkey:
Guys I want to weigh in on this. I think common names gives all fits. The book source I used to look this up was The Trees of Missouri. The leaf pictured is spot on with a paper mulberry which is a native of Asia. The species name is Broussonetia papyrifere. The website above shows a leaf that I agree matches but not all are Morus rubra. This is what is listed in my book as red mulberry. Red mulberry has largely ovate leaves without any lobes. White mulberry (Morus alba) has some lobes but nothing as dramatic as what you have in your picture.
JonW:
That's Paper Mulberry for sure. Highly invasive.
TacticalFate:
at least it has a use, paper mulberry bark makes great lashings
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