Height: 50’
Spread: 35’
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Growth Rate:
Foliage: Green
Fall Color: Bright Orange, Yellow, Red
Flower: Green-yellow clusters
Fruit: Blue-black drupes
Distinctive Features: Unique tree with vibrant fall foliage and spring flowers

Sassafras is an aromatic, deciduous flowering tree with uniquely green shaped leaves that transform into vivid shades of yellow, orange, and red in the fall. In early spring, male and female trees display small, bright yellow-green flower clusters – with females producing blue drupes – making this versatile tree ideal for naturalized areas, screens, or as a shade tree in well-drained, sandy soils.

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Photo Credit: NC State Extension