Sassafras
Sassafras albidum
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Sassafras is an ornamental native deciduous tree that is shrubby in its youth and matures to a dense pyramidal tree. The long mitten shaped foliage is bright green with a whitish underside and turns excellent shades of yellow, purple, or red in fall. Attractive clusters of greenish-yellow flowers bloom on the branch tips in spring, and on female trees give way to clusters of blue-black berries on scarlet stems. Grows best in moist, loamy, well-drained acidic soils.
Sassafras albidum is host plant for the Imperial Moth and the Spicebush Swallowtail.
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Origins: |
Eastern US; GA Native |
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Height: |
30’ - 60' |
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Spread: |
25' - 40' |
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Spacing: |
35' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
4 - 9 |
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Bloom Color: |
Yellow |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. No serious pests or diseases. May develop chlorosis in alkaline soils. Difficult to transplant once established due to deep taproot. If root suckers not removed tree will begin to take on appearance of a large multi-stemmed shrub.
LANDSCAPE USES: Group Plantings or Specimen Tree, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Gardens, Privacy Screen, and Shade Tree
COMPANION PLANTS: Blue Star, Sweet Gum, Flowering Dogwood
IMAGES: Pymouss, Rennes ParcOberthur Sassafras albidum, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Famartin, 2020-04-20 17 11 38 View up into the crown of a Sassafras in bloom along Virginia Willow Drive in the Franklin Glen section of Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Famartin, 2020-10-22 12 16 02 A Sassafras in autumn along Oak Ivy Lane in the Franklin Glen section of Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Michael Rivera, Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, Sassafras albidum, CC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Photo by David J. Stang, Sassafras albidum 0zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (6) Photo by David J. Stang, Sassafras albidum 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
