Name: Sassafras.
Meaning: From Native
American 'green stick'.
Grouping: Anglosperm.
Dicotyledon. Lauracean.
Informal ID: Sassafras tree.
Fossil size: Leaf width
8cm/3I!.in.
Reconstructed size: Tree
height 20-30m/66-100ft.
Habitat: Temperate
mixed woodland.
Time span: Middle
Cretaceous. 100 million years
ago. to today.
Main fossil sites: Scattered. 1
mainly North America. I
Occurrence: •~