Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Sassafras albidum, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced10 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded10 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Nutt.) Nees	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Syst. Laur.: 490 (1836)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1836	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Sassafras	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	SE. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	770 cm	770 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 62 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 54, 68, 92, 184, 673, 708, 873	Sourced
Flower color	empty	yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Flower conspicuous	true	true · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Foliage color	empty	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Sourced
Fruit color	empty	brown · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Fruit conspicuous	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth form	Single Stem	Single Stem · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth habit	Tree, Shrub	Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Growth rate	Moderate	Slow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Differs from sources
Maximum height	empty	1500 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 54, 68, 92, 184, 673, 708, 873	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 92, 424, 759	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 67, 89, 444, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.3	pH 7.3 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 4.5	pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	90 cm	90 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 432	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	20.8 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 424, 981	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	coppice_potential, fuelwood, human_food, nursery_stock, ornamental, other · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92	Not on the record
Salt tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 92	Not on the record

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Sassafras

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