Home (Sassafras)
Home  
 
 
Home » Plants » Sassafras


 

Sassafras

Plants Sasanqua camelliaSassafras albidum

Sassafras albidum
Sassafras
Lauraceae
Located in wooded area near Storrs Cong. Church.

 


sassafras Lauraceae Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees   symbol: SAAL5
...

Sassafras albidum Lauraceae
Common Sassafras SAS-ah-fras AL-bi-dum
Deciduous tree, 30-60 ft (9-18 m), irregular shape, especially when young, may become flat-topped and broad at maturity, may root sucker and form thickets.

Sassafras, Sassafras albidum, is a member of the laurel family and is native in much of the eastern woodlands, including all of Arkansas. In the northern part of its range it grows as small trees while in the South it may become 80 feet tall.

Sassafras
Make Question.com your homepage
Can't find what you want? Ask your question here ...

Common Sassafras
(Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees)
LEAVES: Alternate, simple 4"-6" long, smooth, dark green above, much lighter beneath, characteristically aromatic when crushed.

Sassafrasblüten
Sassafrasknospe Herkunft
Nordamerika (Südoststaaten). Etymologie ...

Sassafras trees grow from 15-35 m (50-120 feet ) tall and 70-150 cm (2.5-6 feet) in diameter, with many slender branches, and smooth, orange-brown bark. The branching is sympodial. The bark of the mature trunk is thick, red-brown, and deeply furrowed.

Sassafras leaves come in a variety of distinctive shapes, these are beginning to assume their autumn color.
Location
Sassafras occurs from SW Maine to Iowa and SE Kansas, southward to Texas and central Florida.

SASSAFRAS ALBIDIUM See Sassafras
SASSAFRAS
Herb Trees for Warm Climates. By Robert E. Bond. 1989 J, pp 44-45
Rare Fruit Sources. By Arlo Hale Smith. 1977 #1, pp 3-16 ...

Sassafras/ Sassafras (Nutt.) Nees
alternate arrangement.
simple leaves.
dioecious.
leaves and twigs aromatic.

Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
30 to 60'
25 to 40'
Sun or light shade; prefers moist, loamy, well-drained soil; tolerates acid, rocky, dry soil.

SASSAFRAS INSECTS
SASSAFRAS DISEASES
Saxifraga - Strawberry Begonia, Strawberry Geranium ...

Ague Tree (Sassafras) - S. officinale is a distinct and remarkable tree, sometimes growing over 100 feet high, with a trunk 6 feet or more in diameter, and a rough aromatic bark in sandy soils in New England, Canada, and westwards and southwards.

Description:
Sassafras, normally found as rare single specimens in its northern range of zone 5, occurs in abundance in warmer climates, where it is a common fence-row tree.

Cayena Sassafras - Dicypellium caryophyllatum
Cayeput - Melaleuca leucadendron
Ceanoto - Ceanothus americanus
Ceanoto blanco - Ceanothus integerrimus
Cebada - Hordeum vulgare
Cebada cuadrada - Hordeum vulgare ...

Atherosperma moschatum (Black Sassafras, Family: Monimiaceae)
Attalea butyracea, Scheelea cephalotes (Shapaja, American oil palm, Family: Arecaceae / Palmae)
Aucuba japonica (Japanese Aucuba, Japanese Laurel, Family: Cornaceae)
Augusta sp.

Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Satureja calamintha Calamintha nepeta
Satureja glabella Clinopodium glabellum
Saururus cernuus
Savannah Meadow Beauty Meadow Beauty
Saxifraga micranthidifolia
Saxifraga virginiensis
Scarlet Beebalm ...

humilis Himalayan Sarcococca Sarcococca ruscifolia Fragrant Sweetbox Sassafras albidum Sassafras Schizophragma hydrangeoides Japanese Hydrangea-vine Sciadopitys verticillata Japanese Umbrella-pine Skimmia japonica Skimmia Skimmia japonica 'Nana' ...

Common Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis)
Common Sundrops (Oenothera tetragona)
Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus 'Sunburst')
Common Sunrose (Helianthemum nummularium 'Pink') ...

It was strongly flavoured with elecampane, liquorice, aniseed, sassafras and fennel.

Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Savory, summer (Satureja hortensis)
Savory, winter (Satureja montana)
Silphium, silphion, laser, laserpicium, lasarpicium (Ancient Roman cuisine, Ancient Greek cuisine)
Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) ...

A tea of the elder flowers and sassafras is a remedy for acne. Elder flower oil is a remedy for chapped skin. Elder is used to cleanse the body, build the blood, treat inflammation, fever, and soothes the respiratory system.

Geum roots & crushed seed pods were used by Eastern Cascades First Peoples to make a tea tonic that tastes like sassafrass. It was used by First Peoples also as an eye-wash & as a gargle for soar throat, or as a body-wash for aches & pains.

4. Spicebush Swallowtail - Spicebush, sassafras (Papilio troilus) (Lindera benzoin)
5. Tiger Swallowtail - Wild cherry, birch, ash (Papilia glaucus) poplar, apple, tulip tree
6. Zebra Swallowtail - pawpaw (Papilio marcellus) (Asimina triloba) ...

Examples include serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis and A. arborea), redbud (Cercis canadensis), flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), American holly (Ilex opaca), red mulberry (Morus rubra), spicebush (Lindera benzoin), and sassafras (Sassafras ...

Lindera benzoin (Northern Spicebush, Benjamin Bush)
Lindera obtusiloba (Japanese Spice Tree)
Persea americana (Avocado)
Sassafras albidum (Gumbo filé, Sassafras)
Umbellularia californica (California Laurel, Oregon Myrtle) ...

Other names include: silver bay, white laurel, beaver tree, swamp laurel, swamp sassafras, white bay, and swamp bay.

Alternative native plants that can be planted after paper mulberry has been removed include: red maple (Acer rubrum), hackberry (Celtis occidentalis), black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), and sassafras (Sassafras albidum).
Mechanical: ...

Shadblow Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) - orange/red
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) - flame colors
Chinese Pistache (Pistacia chinensis) - yellow to reds
Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) - deep maroon
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) - flame ...

Found adjacent to open forest of Eucalyptus piperita and Angophora costata and closed forest of Doryphora sassafras and Ceratopetalum apetalum.
Frequently growing on very thick layers of moss.
Flowers November - December.
Seed is released when mature.

Asclepias may be combined with Zingiber or Capsicum and Lobelia in pulmonary congestion, or with Capsicum, Lobelia and Grindelia. It is a frequent constituent of a fever management regime when of pulmonary origin. It can be combined with Sassafras ...

See also: Orange, May, Green, Cherry, Rose