Best-known for the tea that pioneers made by boiling its root bark, the aromatic native Sassafras albidum, or sassafras tree, is an interesting, useful and showy addition to central Ohio landscapes.

In the woods near my childhood home grew a cluster of small trees. I only noticed them after my older brother pointed them out to me. He showed me that some of the leaves were shaped like mittens, but ...

If I had to choose a favorite tree, it would be sassafras (Sassafras albidum) because its leaves come in three fun shapes. Some are oval; others have three lobes; still others have a single lobe and ...

Root beer, the old-fashioned beverage originally made from the root bark of the sassafras tree, has been a popular non-alcoholic drink since the mid-1800s. And Louisiana residents seem to like it a ...

Sassafras has historically been considered a medicinal herb—used to treat fevers, inflammation, scurvy, dysentery, and sexually transmitted diseases, among other things—in addition to being used as a ...

This was the second time we tried to make sassafras beer, and the result was outstanding. I accidentally left one bottle in the fridge while on vacation, but it actually kept its fizz and tasted even ...

Some friends, aware that I liked sassafras tea, brought me some sassafras root one recent day. It was probably two feet long with a large amount of bark still attached, and even at the rate that I can ...

Root beer dates back to colonial times, where roots of plants made a low-alcohol beverage. Peter Bahlawanian of Spice Station describes what is needed for a traditional root beer, including sassafras, ...

Ginger root can be purchased or grown at home; either way, fresh grated ginger gives root beer a delicious kick. After adding a pinch of dry yeast, cap each bottle and allow the root beer to ferment ...

Like many good herbs, the root beer plant must be eaten in moderation In the Garden for the Blind at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, there grows a lofty bush with large, velvety, heart shaped leaves ...

I couldn't help but notice the flutter of color of a spicebush swallowtail butterfly as I pulled into my gravel driveway the other day. As quickly as I entered the driveway the beautiful insect ...