PLANTS Profile for Sassafras albidum (sassafras)

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Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees
sassafras

Symbol:

SAAL5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lauraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

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Synonyms:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

	LAAL5	Laurus albidus Nutt.
	LASA6	Laurus sassafras L.
	SAALM2	Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees var. molle (Raf.) Fernald
	SAOF5	Sassafras officinale Nees & Eberm.
	SASA17	Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst.
	SAVA7	Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze

Distribution:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 1 species in Sassafras

Classification:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Sassafras Nees & Eberm. – sassafras
Species	Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees – sassafras

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
sassafras		Special Concern

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACU

FACU-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Martin	Minor		Minor				Minor
Yarrow	Minor		Minor				Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Martin, A.C., H.S. Zim, and A.L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants: A guide to wildlife food habits. Dover Publications, New York.

Yarrow, G.K., and D.T. Yarrow. 1999. Managing wildlife. Sweet Water Press, Birmingham.

More Accounts and Images:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18158.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

AL-Trees of Alabama and the Southeast

CT-University of Connecticut Plant Database

DE-University of Delaware

FL-Floridata

FL-University of Florida Horticulture (USFS Fact Sheet)

IA-Iowa State University Dendrology

LA-Louisiana Ecosystems and Plant Identification

MO-Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

MO-Missouri Plants

NC-Plant Fact Sheet

NC-Poisonous Plants of North Carolina

OK-Oklahoma Biological Survey

Silvics of North America

TX-General Horticulture (TAMU)

UK-Plants For A Future

USDA FS Center for Wood Anatomy Research

USDA FS International Institute of Tropical Forestry

USDA FS Softwoods of North America

USDA FS Woody Plant Seed Manual

USDI FWS Bayscapes Conservation Landscaping

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology Fact Sheet

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