where does sassafras grow
Sassafras is a genus of the extant and one extinct species of deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern North America and eastern Asia.The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans. Sassafras albidum (Nuttall) Nees â sassafras, white sassafras, red sassafras or silky sassafras, eastern North America, from southernmost Ontario, Canada through the eastern United States, south to central Florida, and west to southern Iowa and East Texas.