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Sassafras albidum
sassafras / common sassafras

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Family Name Lauraceae / laurel

Botanical Name Sassafras albidum

Common Names sassafras / common sassafras

Native Continents North America

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Native Range Eastern U.S. from southwestern Maine west to New York, extreme southern Ontario, and central Michigan; southwest in Illinois, extreme southeastern Iowa, Missouri, southeastern Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas; and east to central Florida.

Native to these North American Tree Region(s)

Montana Native

Boreal Forest Pacific Coast Forests Northern Rocky Mtn. Complex Southern Rocky Mtn. Complex Great Plains Central Hardwoods Northeastern Mixed Woods Southeastern Mixed Forests
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