Just a little over a year ago, I launched a From the Farm social media page on Facebook to allow added interaction with readers. With 6,000 followers and growing, it provides one more communication ...

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.

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Tammy Tintjer, co-leader of a recent Audubon Society walk, talks about a sassafras leaf as Ariana Lizza of Tunkhannock, Tristano Altavilla of Wilkes-Barre and Alicia Hamilton of White Haven look on.

AGAINST the Indian-summer sky, a tree lifts up its hands and testifies to glory, the glory of a blue October day. Yellow or orange, or blood-orange, or sometimes softest salmon pink, or blotched with ...

The Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District has unveiled its 2025 Geauga County Big Tree Contest and is currently seeking nominations. The 2025 featured tree species is the Sassafras, which will ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. A beautiful tree with mitten-shaped ...

A beautiful tree with mitten-shaped leaves, sassafras was once popularly used medicinally and culinarily. Many Native American tribes had a multitude of medicinal uses for sassafras, ranging from a ...