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 ...

VERNON — The annual Sassafras Festival is being held in Jennings County this weekend, and while many different festivities will take place, the root of the celebration all can be found in the free tea ...

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 ...

Embark on a journey through the woods to identify the enigmatic Sassafras tree. Learn abou Embark on a journey through the woods to identify the enigmatic Sassafras tree. Learn about its unique ...

Sassafras (sassafras albidum) is a whimsical understory tree that is common all along the Appalachian Mountains. Sassafras trees are abundant in Indiana County, including throughout White’s Woods and ...

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 ...

AGAINST the Indian-summer sky, a tree lifts up its hands and testifies to glory, the glory of a blue October day. Yellow or orange, or blood-orange, or sometimes softest salmon pink, or blotched with ...

The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District is looking for the county’s biggest sassafras for the 2025 Big Tree Contest. The contest promotes the beauty and benefits provided by Geauga County’s ...

The sassafras sapling we planted in an out-of-the-way spot on our acreage went largely unnoticed at first. At the time, we knew that sassafras roots had a very long history for use in making tea, but ...

More than 80% of plants rely on pollinators for fertilization and reproduction (via PennState's Centre for Pollinator Research). But with urbanization eating into their habitat, non-native plants and ...