Best-known for the tea that pioneers made by boiling its root bark, the aromatic native Sassafras albidum, or sassafras tree, is an interesting, useful and showy addition to central Ohio landscapes.

Traditionally, Cajun traiteurs used the roots to brew a tea for measles or as a tonic for blood purification. However, the tea could be poisonous. In 1960 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned ...

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-lobed ...

COLUMBUS GROVE — In a world where small-town mom and pop shops are rapidly replaced by large chain stores, Pappy’s Sassafras Tea has found a way to maintain success. Pappy’s, produced by H&K Products ...

Once in awhile, on the way down the lane, my granddad would stop the truck, reach out the window and break off some twigs of sassafras. I don’t remember the root beer taste; it was more the novelty of ...

Editor’s note: Once a month OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Not many trees have both beautiful fall color in several ...