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Life Form:

Deciduous tree

Average Height:

40-50'

Bark Characteristics:

Red-brown, deeply furrowed with flat, corky ridges. Twigs are smooth and green.

Bloom Characteristics:

Female flowers are born on small, terminal cluster before the leaves. They do not have petals, but they do have 6 yellow-green sepals. Male flowers are inconspicuous.

Dioecious:

Yes.

Fall Color:

Orange, red, yellow

Foliage Characteristics:

Simple, alternate, elliptic leaves can entire or irregularly lobed margins. 4-8" long.

Fruit Characteristics:

Dark blue, oval drupe with a thick red stalk. .25-.4" long. Ripens in September.

Structure:

Young: pyramidal Mature: rounded to irregular

Range:

Central to E. US; E. Canada

Habitat:

Open wood on well-drained soil; 0-1500 meters

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Common Name:

Sassafras

Ague Tree

Mitten Tree

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Magnolianae

Order:

Laurales

Family:

Lauraceae

Genus:

Sassafras

Species:

albidum

Accession Number:

2024-0284A

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection

On Display:

National Museum of Natural History

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7d9d25ae5-09d7-46bb-a9e2-85eb98f03c09

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2024-0284A