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Location: Neighboring Farm
Date: October 14, 2014
Brilliant Color Ahead Of Other Species
Location: My Neighborhood
Date: October 13, 2014
Autumn Leaves Are Very Colorful
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2013-10-09
Trace of a face.  I see an owl's face in the rough bark of this s
Location: my garden in Dawsonville, GA
Date: 2021-10-29
muted autumn colors this year
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2020-10-09
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-03
Uploaded by TBGDN
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: 2023-03-17
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2012-10-04
Left to their own devices, sassafras trees can develop quite wond
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-04-11
Location: Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2014-05-10
A horrific wound for any tree to survive, but this sassafras some
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: April 4, 2023
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: 2023-03-17
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: 2023-03-17
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: September 27, 2021
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: North Carolina Botanical Gardens Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Date: February 28, 2023
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-15
Time can heal.  Comparison of bird pecked holes in a sassafras tr
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2015-05-14
Sassafras albidum blooms - Golden anthers accent lemon yellow flo
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-10-15
a few full-grown trees showing fall color
Location: Miami County, Indiana
Date: October 14, 2014
A Single Leaf
Location: Northeastern Indiana - Natural Environment
Date: Sep 26, 2011 12:03 PM
Early Fall Coloration
Location: Miami County, Indiana
Date: September 24, 2013
Close Up View
Location: St Louis - MoBOT
Location: Kensington Metro Park, Milford, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-18
Sassafras leaves come in a variety of shapes.  Most of the ones h
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2015-05-14
Sassafras albidum in bloom, before the leaves emerge
Location: Blinky Lee Land Preserve near Kimberton, PA
Date: 2015-08-15
mature tree in summer
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-04-06
yellow flowers
Location: near West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2009-10-14
several trees in autumn color
Location: Lima, Pennsylvania
Date: 2012-10-24
maturing tree in fall color
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2016-08-09
Location: Fulton Country, Indiana
Date: October 14, 2014
A Young Tree With Brilliant Foliage
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-15
A sassafras bud in autumn.  Love the cherry red stems on the leav

Date: c. 1773
illustration by Georges Ehret from Trew's 'Plantæ selectæ', 177
Location: Miami County, Indiana
Date: September 24, 2013
Close Up View
Location: Tarlton
Date: 2018-06-07
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: northern Delaware
Date: 2020-04-29
yellow flower clusters
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: March 17, 2023
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Hiking Trail In Fairfax :-)
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2015-05-14
Sassafras albidum - As far as I can tell, bracts enclose both lea
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2015-05-14
Sassafras albidum - New leaves and bloom buds

Date: c. 1865
illustration by Bessa from Michaux's 'The North American Sylva',
Location: Tarlton
Date: 2018-05-27
Location: Tarlton
Date: 2018-05-27
Sapling
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-06-13
tree in cemetery
Location: Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania
Date: 2012-09-07
a wild maturing mass
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-06-13
summer leaves
Location: Valley Forge Park near Norristown, PA
Date: 2014-01-30
full-grown tree in winter
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2008-10-15
maturing tree in yard in fall color
Location: near West Chester, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-10-19
larger trees mostly in fall color
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2016-08-09
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-10-16
autumn leaves red
Location: Elberfeld, Indiana
Date: 2016-08-09
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2020-10-09
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2011-10-04
A small Sassafras albidum colony displaying twisted trunks.

Date: 2002-09-07
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Date: 2002-05-25
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Location: Tennessee
Date: 2002-06-06
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Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: 2014-03-24
Location: garden of botanist Robert R. Kowal in Madison, Wisconsin
Date: April 22, 2012
photo by James Steakley
Location: stamford CT
Date: 2012-10-20
early september
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2012-03-23
Bud cluster
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11

Date: 2014-03-24
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Location: Savannah, Georgia, USA
Date: 2013-03-24
New spring growth on Sassafras sapling, part of a clonal colony.
Uploaded by dave
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: April 5, 2011
Location: Jacksonville, TX
Date: April 5, 2011
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-29
Male bloom cluster - female cluster is smaller; about half the si
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-29
Male

USDA
Location: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2015-06-19
mature planted tree
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-04-06
tree in yellow bloom
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-01-14
multi-trunks and bark
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Date: June 9, 2023
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2014-10-16
mature tree in red fall color
Location: Fairfax, VA | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-03
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana
Date: 2011-10-04
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-11-25
My little Sassafras tree in fall colors.

Date: 2006-04-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2006-04-06
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Northeastern Indiana - Natural Environment
Date: Sep 26, 2011 3:46 PM
Young Tree

Date: 2002-04-15
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2002-10-14
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2002-10-18
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2002-05-25
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2006-04-09
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: northern Delaware
Date: 2020-04-29
upper trees in bloom
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park (NW)
Sassafras #21; RAB 84-2-; LHB p.422, "Name from Saxifrage due to
Location: Natural Area in Northeastern Indiana - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-03-29
Female

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