Sassafras albidum

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Sassafras albidum - yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America

sassafras, sassafras tree

sassafras - dried root bark of the sassafras tree

laurel - any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family

genus Sassafras - a genus of sassafras

sassafras oil - oil from root bark of sassafras trees; used in perfumery and as a disinfectant

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6 Diospyros virginiana -- -- -- Sassafras albidum -- -- -- Primus serotina Ehrh.

Two centuries of forest compositional and structural changes in the Alabama Fall Line Hills

This oil is used as a substitute for North American sassafras oil, which can be extracted from Sassafras albidum as well as from the pau-rosa oil of the Amazonian plant Aniba roseodora.

Comparative allelopathic effects of Cryptocarya moschata and Ocotea odorifera aqueous extracts on Lactuca sativa/Efeito alelopatico comparativo de extratos aquosos de Cryptocarya moschata com Ocotea odorifera sobre Lactuca sativa

Two native species of sassafras are most often noted for commercial uses: Sassafras albidum and Sassafras officinale.

Magic tree: sassafras was once believed to be capable of warding off evil spirits. Today, its uses range from furniture to fragrances to root beer

However, we found no evidence of bias in selection of species for bearing or line trees, except that successional trees such as Populus tremuloides (quaking aspen) and Sassafras albidum (sassafras) were likely underrepresented because the surveyors were instructed to select trees no smaller than 5.

Description of vegetation of the Oak Openings of northwestern Ohio at the time of Euro-American settlement (1)

winged sumac -- -- -- 1 Sassafras albidum (Nuttall), sassafras 3 4 3 75 Tilia americana L.

Ground-inhabiting ants collected in a mixed hardwood southern Appalachian forest in eastern Tennessee

Willows Sapindus drummondii Soapberry Sassafras albidum Sassafras Sophora japonica Jap.

Preferred soil characteristics for selected trees

canadensis comprised nearly 68% of the importance value in 1992, post-fire analysis revealed that Sassafras albidum Nutt.

EFFECTS OF COOL SEASON PRESCRIBED FIRE ON UNDERSTORY VEGETATION IN A MIXED PINE HARDWOOD FOREST OF EAST TEXAS

1990) and Sassafras albidum (Gant and Clebsch 1975), were rare on the study plot, so adjacent forest of similar composition and structure was searched to increase the sample of these species.

Host preferences of Rhus radicans (Anacardiaceae) in a southern deciduous hardwood forest

The woody understory seedling layer was dominated by various species of oaks and hickories, and along with Ulmus rubra (slippery elm) and Sassafras albidum (sassafras), accounted for more than one-third of the 15,166 seedlings/ha (Table 2).

Botanical survey of Wildcat Hollow State Forest, Effingham County, Illinois

Sassafras is the dried bark of the sassafras tree, Sassafras albidum, which is native to North America.

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The understory was dominated by Rhus copallinum, Sassafras albidum, and Liquidamber styraciflua.

Structure and composition of plant communities in fire-managed grasslands at Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge

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