In the landscape
Specimen · Naturalized · Native · Fall color · Pollinator
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Sassafras
Sassafras albidum · Tree
Sassafras is a tree, hardy in USDA zones 4-9, that matures to about 30–60 ft × 25–40 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs. Expect yellow blooms in spring. It attracts butterflies and songbirds and pollinators.
- USDA zones
- 4-9
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 30–60 ft × 25–40 ft
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Songbirds, Pollinators
- Native to
- Eastern North America
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