Filed As:

Lauraceae
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees
All Determinations:

Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees det. S. A. Mori, 01 May 2017

Common Names:

sassafras
Location:

United States of America. New York. Westchester Co. Southern extension of the Eastern Loop between the Eastern Loop Entrance and the bifurcation at the beginning of the Loop. Westchester Wilderness Walk/Zofnass Family Preserve. Alt. 146m. (479 ft.)
Collector(s):

S. A. Mori 28136 with M. Rothmann
Description:

Tree, 22 m x 30 cm. Bark deeply furrowed. Most recent stems green. Inflorescences racemes, leaves flushing while flowering, each raceme subtended by bud scales, up to 6 racemes at a node, the rhachises green. Flowers male (no females observed), 8 mm diam; tepals 6, linear, 2 mm wide, light green, the anthers yellow, glands dark yellow. Phenology of specimen: Flower.
Habitat:

In understory of advanced secondary deciduous forest.
Other:

Specimen Notes: Images only, no herbarium collections gathered.
Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 03220661
GUID: c5ba9a5c-3a64-4ac1-991d-bd22f60db9ed
Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (41.181, -73.5859)

Distribution:

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