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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Sassafras trees have reddish-brown, deeply ridged bark. Flaking or breaking off bark is common among a variety of trees. Some of the trees that do this include: black gum and honeylocust. Black gum ...

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

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.

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 ...