Sassafras
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees - Laurel family
Size
Plant Type: Tree, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: Yellow, Green, Brown
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Sassafras: Acronicta sperata, Apatelodes torrefacta, Automeris io io, Callosamia angulifera, Callosamia promethea, Caloptilia sassafrasella, Citheronia regalis, Eacles imperialis, Eacles imperialis imperialis, Epimecis hortaria, Eutrapela clemataria, Helicoverpa zea, Hyalophora cecropia, Hyphantria cunae, Lymantria dispar, Megalopyge crispata, Melanolophia signataria, Metarranthis hypochraria, Morrisonia latex, Orgyia leucostigma, Pandemis lamprosana, Papilio glaucus glaucus, Papilio palamedes, Papilio troilus, Phaecasiophora niveiguttana, Samia cynthia cynthia, Thorybes ephemeraeformis
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
- CAN: Ontario
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.