Columnist Phil Potempa displays the uniqueness of sassafras trees at the family farm, and the leaves that grow in three different shapes, all on the same branches: an oval “football” shape, a ...

Sassafras leaves come in three shapes: entire, single-lobed and trident-shaped. Its leaves are very colorful in the fall.

He stepped off the path and gently touched a leaf on a tree growing there. Turning to me, he asked, "Do you know what kind of tree this is?" "A sassafras tree," I responded without hesitation.

These Sassafras leaves, when chewed, at once set up a mucilaginous slime in the mouth, like that of Slippery Elm twigs, which country children love to taste; the hot and thirsty botanist, as well ...

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 tree displays a variety of diverse colors at the same time, with its three-lobed leaves presenting a blend of bright yellow, gold, orange, red, and red-purple hues in mid-autumn, per ...

By Jan Riggenbach, For The Globe Gazette Feb 27, 2004 Feb 27, 2004 0 ...

Sassafras trees prefer moist, well-drained, acidic soils and grow on a variety of sites, but are best known as pioneering species -- found on disturbed sites. They are able to survive fire.

Nancy Lawson's yard that's full of native plants is a safe haven for insects and pollinators. "These are the sassafras trees, and the leaves are host plants for the spice or swallowtail butterfly ...

At this time, we do not know what is killing our native sassafras trees or the range of impacted trees. This is a problem because if we do not know what is causing wilt or where trees are wilting, ...

Hickory, ash, some maples, the yellow poplar (tulip tree), some oaks (white, chestnut, bear), some sassafras, some sweetgum, beech, birch, and sycamore trees have yellow leaves in the fall.