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Sassafras albidum

Sassafras

Greenish-yellow blooms bear small, purple berries on scarlet stems and the three-lobed leaves are mitten-shaped on this dense, pyramidal tree. Showy fall foliage in shades of yellow, purple, and red.

  • »  Shrubby when young, maturing to a dense, pyramidal crown
  • »  Clusters of greenish-yellow flowers
  • »  Flowers give way to small purple berries on scarlet stems
  • »  Ovate, mitten-shaped OR three-lobed leaves are bright green
  • »  Fall foliage is a showy yellow, purple and red
  • »  Bloom Time: Spring

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  • Category:Trees
  • Hardiness Zone:4
  • Height:10-15 m
  • Spread:9-12 m
  • Bloom Color: Yellow
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
• Moist to Average
• Well-drained
Growth Rate
• Medium
Critter
• Deer Resistant
Attributes
• Native to Ontario
• Berries
• Deciduous
• Fall Color
Flowering Time
• Early Spring
Habit
• Pyramidal
Foliage Color
• Green
• Purple
• Red
• Yellow
Landscape uses
• Naturalizing
• Specimen
Planting instructions
• Container Plants
Additional Information about Sassafras albidum

Native to Ontario and parts of North America.

To Native Americans, sassafras oils were freely used in tonics as medical panaceas. Culinary uses have included: sassafras tea (bark), root beer flavouring (root oil) and a gumbo-thickening agent called filé (stem pith).

Growing & Maintenance Tips for Sassafras albidum

With its showy flowers, unique leaf shape, great fall colours and beautifully coloured fruit, this native tree is a great specimen for any landscape, native planting or park setting.