SASSAFRAS
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LINDERA
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Sassafras albidum
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Lindera benzoin
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KingdomPlantae – Plants
SubkingdomTracheobionta – Vascular plants SuperdivisionSpermatophyta – Seed plants DivisionMagnoliophyta – Flowering plants ClassMagnoliopsida – Dicotyledons SubclassMagnoliidae OrderLaurales FamilyLauraceae – Laurel family GenusSassafras Nees & Eberm. – sassafras SpeciesSassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees – sassafras |
KingdomPlantae – Plants
SubkingdomTracheobionta – Vascular plants SuperdivisionSpermatophyta – Seed plants DivisionMagnoliophyta – Flowering plants ClassMagnoliopsida – Dicotyledons SubclassMagnoliidae OrderLaurales FamilyLauraceae – Laurel family GenusLindera Thunb. – spicebush SpeciesLindera benzoin (L.) Blume – northern spicebush |
Pier 26
Gansevoorte Peninsula |
Pier 26
Gansevoort Peninsula |
cinnamonwood
mitten tree tea tree |
Benjamin bush
northern spicebush wild allspice |
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Shrub / Buds / Bark
Shrub / Tree
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Shrub
Twigs
slender flexible smooth young - light green, greenish brown mature - grayish brown with white lenticels aromatic |
Buds
Bark
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Buds
in leaf axils very small brown or reddish brown Bark
smooth with lenticels grayish brown thin aromatic |
Flowers
Regular
Imperfect Incomplete
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Regular
Imperfect Incomplete
inflorescence - dichasal cyme Male tiny greenish-yellow
Female tiny greenish yellow 6 short tepals
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Foliage
Leaves
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Leaves
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Fruit
Drupes
elliptical to oblong to 1" long bright red maturing to deep purple or almost black smooth and glossy clusters of 1 to 3 pedicel long pulp fleshy, reddish, oily 1 seed large and ovoid |
Drupes
nearly spherical or globose to 1/2" in diameter bright red maturing to glossy red or scarlet smooth and glossy clusters of 2 to 8 pedicel short pulp thin and dry 1 or 2 seeds ovoid to subglobose
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