Moving to Tyler from Kerrville, I had never heard of a Sassafras tree. But my husband grew up in Tyler and told me of the phenomenon of the tree roots used by indigenous people for medicinal purposes ...

Not many trees have both beautiful fall color in several shades and three types of leaves, all on the same tree. The sassafras tree, (Sassafras albidum), sports an unlobed leaf (football), one-lobed ...

If I had to choose a favorite tree, it would be sassafras (Sassafras albidum) because its leaves come in three fun shapes. Some are oval; others have three lobes; still others have a single lobe and ...

Sassafras, a tree native to every county in Virginia, isn’t an easy yard tree to find at garden centers but the search is well worth the results. Its native range extends from southern Maine to ...

The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District has unveiled its 2025 Geauga County Big Tree Contest and is currently seeking nominations. The 2025 featured tree species is the Sassafras, which will ...

You might know Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) as the original root beer flavoring ingredient. While the tree's oil is no longer used to give the beverage its aroma, modern root beer flavor mimics the ...

The sassafras tree has many uses, but perhaps none better than making root beer. Sassafras oil has a pleasant, somewhat spicy scent that gives root beer its unique flavor. Incidentally, root beer gets ...

In the woods near my childhood home grew a cluster of small trees. I only noticed them after my older brother pointed them out to me. He showed me that some of the leaves were shaped like mittens, but ...

During my first year in this country, I was missing the familiar vegetation of my native El Salvador when I run into a medium size tree that reminded me of an avocado. It was early in the spring, when ...

I couldn't help but notice the flutter of color of a spicebush swallowtail butterfly as I pulled into my gravel driveway the other day. As quickly as I entered the driveway the beautiful insect ...