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EVENTS |
Sense of Community on KSMU 91.1 FM story on the Centennial Project and Arboretum- Dec. 20, 2004
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| Mapping the Past and GIS Day Events - Nov. 17, 2004 |
Centennial Arporetum Tags go up! (Fall 2004) |
Download a 2005 Calendar (here) |
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Sassafras
(Sassafras albidum)
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Lauraceae
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tree
#337 in summer
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| Native
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| Missouri |
| Leaf
Arrangement and Shape: |
| Alternate
with simple, irregular leaves (either entire, 2 or 3 lobed)
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| Fruit
Type: |
| Drupe
(berry like and dark blue) |
| Maximum
Height: |
| 60
feet |
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| Leaves
along with twigs and trunk are very aromatic. Fruit is eaten
by at least 28 species of birds and the leaves are host to many
moths and butterflies. Sassafras root and/or bark tea is well-known
as a spring blood tonic and 'blood purifier,' but safrole, the
oil found in Sassafras, has been shown to cause liver cancer
in laboratory animals. Federal Food and Drug Administration
banned the sale of tea, roots, and oil in 1976. |
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tree
#337 in summer
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