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Sassafras

Native

Sassafras albidum

Laurel (Lauraceae) · Other broadleaf · 30–60 ft

Knowing it

Mitten-shaped leaves in three forms on one tree, spicy-scented twigs, orange fall color. Old fields and woodland edges across the southern two-thirds.

What a tree company sees

Brittle wood and shallow roots; trunks often hollow. Suckers freely.

Recorded in 80 counties

From GBIF occurrence records. No record does not mean absent.