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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Laurels, Spicebushes, and Allies
  6. Laurels
  7. Sassafras

genus

Sassafras

Sassafras

Traits
Includes
1 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sassafras native
  • Chinese Sassafras
  • Taiwan Sassafras

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native sassafras All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Sassafras Sassafras albidum caterpillars 28 hosts 3 food 33 flowers 52

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