Question: what kind of root is in root beer
Answer: lii -- sarsaparilla Smilax glyciphylla -- sweet sarsaparilla Piper auritum -- root beer plant or hoja santa Glycyrrhiza glabra -- liquorice ( root ) Aralia nudicaulis -- wild sarsaparilla or `` rabbit root '' Gaultheria procumbens -- wintergreen ( leaves and berries ) Betula lenta -- sweet birch ( sap / syrup / resin ) Betula nigra -- black birch ( sap / syrup / resin ) Prunus serotina -- black cherry Picea rubens -- red spruce Picea mariana -- black spruce Picea sitchensis -- Sitka spruce Arctium lappa -- burdock ( root ) Taraxacum officinale -- dandelion ( root )