The sassafras tree, Sassafras albium, is a popular native tree that can be found growing in wild areas across much of eastern North America, including in Maine, New York, Michigan and Illinois ...

Fall is the season when nature puts on its most dramatic display, and nothing captures that magic quite like a tree with stunning crimson leaves. There’s something truly special about the way ...

Columnist Phil Potempa displays the uniqueness of sassafras trees at the family farm, and the leaves that grow in three different shapes, all on the same branches: an oval “football” shape, a ...

Sassafras leaves grow in an unusual, three-lobed shape like a turkey foot, or with two lobes in the shape of a mitten, or in smooth ovals, with no lobes at all; all three can be found on one tree.

Fall's most common leaf colors are red, yellow, ... Dogwoods, black tupelo trees, sourwood trees, persimmons, and some sassafras trees also have red leaves. Yellow and Orange Shades .

The sassafras tree displays a variety of diverse colors at the same time, with its three-lobed leaves presenting a blend of bright yellow, gold, orange, red, and red-purple hues in mid-autumn, per ...

Not many trees have both beautiful fall color in several shades and three types of leaves, all on the same tree. The sassafras tree, (Sassafras albidum), sports an unlobed leaf (football), one ...

The fall color of the Sassafras is outstanding. And a bonus: it is also a host plant for the Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly. The most serious disease to affect it would be laurel wilt which is a ...

Dogwoods, black tupelo trees, sourwood trees, persimmons, and some sassafras trees also have red leaves. Yellow and Orange Shades Chlorophyll is destroyed in the fall, which reveals the orange and ...

Sassafras trees, which grow 30 to 60 feet tall, are often found along the edge of fields, waste areas and areas with a history of disturbance, but may often also be found as a larger tree in the rich ...

The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District has unveiled its 2025 Geauga County Big Tree Contest and is currently seeking nominations. The 2025 featured tree species is the Sassafras, which ...

Which tree species in Ohio are already changing to fall colors? According to ODNR, trees that are currently making their fall changes include maples, sycamores, sassafras, hickories, oaks, and ...