About
Sassafras Tree Trees: This widespread Eastern U.S. native
is ideal for naturalistic landscaping. Sassafras is a native tree,
growing in rich woods from southern Maine to Ontario, Michigan, and
Kansas and south to Florida and Texas. The sassafras occurs in the
North as a shrub, but in the Southern States it sometimes attains
a height of 100 feet. The leaves are variable in shape, some with
three lobes and others with but one lobe on the side, shaped like
a mitten.
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Sassafras
Tree picture
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| Sassafras
Tree Tree Facts |
Scientific
Name: |
Sassafras
varifolium
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Foliage: |
Green
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Mature
Height: |
40-80'
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Mature
Spread: |
30'
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Soil: |
Prefers
rich soil
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Zones: |
4-8'
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Moisture: |
Any
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The
yellowish green, fragrant flowers are borne in clusters which appear
in early spring. Male and female flowers are borne on different
trees. The fruit, which ripens in September, is about the size of
a pea, dark blue, 1-seeded and is borne on a thick red stalk. All
parts of the tree are aromatic. The bark of the root, which is in
reasonably constant demand collected in spring or autumn. The outer
layer is discarded. The production of sassafras oil by distillation
of the root and root bark is a small industry in the southeastern
section of the country.
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