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Lauraceae
Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
Also known as Sassafras variifolium var. albidum, Sassafras officinale, Laurus sassafras, Laurus variifolia
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Sassafras · Native Tree · Aromatic · Fall Color · Deciduous · Medicinal · Wildlife Tree · Eastern Us Native · Fragrant · Autumn Foliage
Sassafras is a handsome native North American tree prized for its distinctively mitten-shaped leaves, aromatic bark, and brilliant orange-red fall color. Plant in well-drained, slightly acidic soil with partial to full sun and water regularly during the first two years while the tree establishes its deep root system. Once mature, sassafras is low-maintenance and largely drought-tolerant, spreading gradually via root suckers to form attractive naturalistic groves.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to encourage deep rooting; allow the top 2 inches of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–7.3
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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