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Other names for this plant include White Sassafras, Ague Tree, Cinnamon Wood, Mitten Tree, Saloop, and Smelling Stick. This medium-sized, aromatic tree grows 35 to 50 feet tall with three different leaf shapes that have outstanding fall color. Clusters of yellow-green flower balls appear all over the female tree and more sparsely on the male, with dark blue fruits on scarlet stalks appearing on female plants in late summer. Sassafras grows in full sun to shade, and in moist, rich, sandy loams.
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Sassafras is thought to attract these families of birds
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