The Sassafras Tree
Researched by Kasandra and Amber

Tree located on 230E West Lake Paradise Road

Description:

Flat, asymmetrical crown or twisted branches spreading horizontally from trunk to support upward-reaching branchlets; shrublike in the north.

Habitat:

moist uplands, valleys, old fields, and forest clearings, often in sandy soils;  grows best in deep soils of Great Smoky Mountains.      Range:  eastern U.S., southern Maine over to Ontario, then south to east Texas and over to central Florida, climbing into southern Appalachians.

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