Edible fruit

The only native mulberry naturally occurring in North Carolina! A medium sized deciduous tree with a dense, spreading crown and dark green leaves that are loosely heart-shaped. Typically found in part shade, floodplain forest, rocky slopes and woodland edges where it averages 45-50 feet. The tree is most often dioecious (male…

  Wild Strawberry is a semi-evergreen groundcover in the Rosaceae family. It blooms in early spring, showing white flowers that will become edible berries by the end of the summer. Although it can handle occasionally dry soil, it prefers moist well-drained soils. Wild Strawberry, like others in the Fragaria genus, support…