Sassafras albidum gallery
Sassafras oil is extracted from the bark and used for aromatherapy purposes
Sassafras Gallery
Plant in flower
Oakwood Park (Centre Co)
by Tina Dionne on 04/30/2025
Inflorescence
Hell Hollow Road (Carbon Co)
by Paul Nale on 05/01/2025
Plant in flower
Ricketts Glen State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 05/14/2021
Seedling
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 06/25/2021
Young tree
Toftrees Woods (Centre Co)
by Maria G. 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 G. Pavlova on 09/03/2020
With red maple
North Park (Allegheny Co)
by Maria G. 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 G. Pavlova on 09/29/2014
Autumn tree
North Park (Allegheny Co)
by Maria G. Pavlova on 09/29/2014
Young bark
Ricketts Glen State Park (Luzerne Co)
by George Chamuris on 10/10/2016
Leaves