Sassafras albidum (sassafras, white sassafras, red sassafras, or silky sassafras) is a species of Sassafras native to eastern North America, from southern Maine and southern Ontario west to Iowa, and south to central Florida and eastern Texas. It occurs throughout the eastern deciduous forest habitat type, at altitudes of sea level up to 1,500 m (5000 feet). It formerly also occurred in southern Wisconsin, but is extirpated there as a native tree.
Form | shrub, tree |
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Fruit type | Drupe |
Fruit color | Black, Blue |
Fruit season | Summer |
Leaf arrangement | Alternate |
Simple/compound | Simple |
Evergreen or deciduous | Deciduous |
Leaf shape | Mitten |
Leaf margin | Entire |
Bark color | Brown, Gray |
Bark texture | Ridged, Scaly |
Flower color | green, yellow |
Bloom time | Spring |