Sassafras requires well-drained, acidic soils and benefits from a location with full sun to partial shade. A special care point is its sensitivity to root disturbances, making regular transplanting inadvisable. Additionally, sassafras may require protection from pests like the Sassafras borer, necessitating vigilant monitoring. These factors make sassafras's care quite demanding.
Watering schedule: Every 1-2 weeks
Sunlight Requirements: Full sun
| Care Difficulty | Hard |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Watering Schedule | Every 1-2 weeks |
| Sunlight Requirements | Full sun |
| Planting Time | Spring, Fall |
| Hardiness Zones |
7-10
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Common sassafras (Sassafras albidum) is a deciduous tree commonly found on woodland edges, fields, along roadsides, and fence rows. This plant has a long history of use in Native American traditions, most commonly for culinary purposes. Common sassafras root was also a key flavoring for homemade root beers in the past, though the use is largely discontinued due to concerns that the safrole contained within is carcinogenic.
Sassafras tzumu is a deciduous tree reaching heights of up to 35 meters. The longitudinally fissured wood is colored yellow-green, but changes to gray or brown when the plant is mature. The branching is sympodial. The leaves are alternate, gray-green, ovate or obovate, 9 to 18 cm long and 6 to 10 cm broad with 2 to 7 cm, slender, reddish petioles.
Sassafras randaiense is a deciduous tree distinguished by its aromatic leaves, which change from bright green to vivid autumnal colors. Its bark, historically valued for medicinal properties, has a rough texture. Easily recognizable by its mitten-shaped leaves, it thrives in well-drained soils and is a hardy inhabitant of temperate forests, attracting diverse wildlife with its fragrant flowers and blue-black berries.
Common issues for Sassafras based on 10 million real cases
