Sassafras Fall Color. Family: Lauraceae Type: Woody plant Common: Common sassafras Location: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. All parts of the plants are fragrant.
This oil is rich in safrole, a potential carcinogen, as well as eugenol, camphor.
Sassafras is a deciduous tree that is native to eastern and central USA and is found in all areas of NC.
Richer fall colors are displayed on trees grown in the full sun and in the northern part of its region. Sassafras is a deciduous tree that grows in every county of Georgia and is widely distributed over the. Sassafras tzumu (Chinese sassafras, Cha mu) is a species of Sassafras native to China, in Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang.