Sassafras albidum gallery
Sassafras oil is extracted from the bark and used for aromatherapy purposes
Sassafras Gallery
Plant in flower
Ricketts Glen State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 05/14/2021
Seedling
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 06/25/2021
Young tree
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 06/26/2021
Leaf shapes
Sassafras has three shapes of leaves - the 3-lobed, the mitten with one lobe and a simple oval leaf.
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/03/2020
With red maple
North Park (Allegheny Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/13/2015
Leaf color
Hopewell Community Park (Beaver Co)
by Mark Welchley on 09/26/2013
Deeply-furrowed mature bark
Ricketts Glen State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 09/27/2017
Fruit
Ricketts Glen State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 09/27/2021
Fruit
Ricketts Glen State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 09/27/2021
Autumn leaf
North Park (Allegheny Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/29/2014
Autumn tree
North Park (Allegheny Co)
by Maria Pavlova on 09/29/2014
Young bark
Ricketts Glen State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 10/10/2016
Leaves