You might know Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) as the original root beer flavoring ingredient. While the tree's oil is no longer used to give the beverage its aroma, modern root beer flavor mimics the ...
More than 80% of plants rely on pollinators for fertilization and reproduction (via PennState's Centre for Pollinator Research). But with urbanization eating into their habitat, non-native plants and ...
The sassafras sapling we planted in an out-of-the-way spot on our acreage went largely unnoticed at first. At the time, we knew that sassafras roots had a very long history for use in making tea, but ...