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Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

Family: Monimiaceae

Common names: Sassafras, White sassafras

Distributed in: United States (North America)

Distribution overview: This North American species is distributed in Ontario, Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Kansas, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, and West Virginia. The tree prefers moist, particularly sandy, soils of uplands and valleys, and is often found in old fields, clearings, and forest openings.

Common uses: Boat building, Building materials, Canoes, Foundation posts, Interior construction, Interior trim, Lifeboats, Millwork, Posts, Shipbuilding, Stakes

Product sources: Most Sassafras trees are too small to yield significant quantities of lumber. When available, Sassafras is often mixed at sawmills with other species such as Ash. Price range is moderate.

Environment profile: Widespread

Tree size: Tree height is 30-40 m

Colors: the heart isWhite, Yellowand the sapwoodWhite, Yellow.The grain isStraight, the textureFineand the lusterMedium

Natural durability: Perishable, Susceptible to insect attack

Odor: Spicy taste

Kiln Schedules: T8 - D4(4/4)US

Kiln Drying Rate: Naturally dries quickly

Drying Defects: May check slightly during drying , Splitting

Ease of Drying: Seasons without difficuly and is accompanied by little degrade

Comments: Bark of root is the source of the largest indirect product from Sassafras Produces oil which is used commercially to scent soaps, medicines and other products Small roots are used for making Sassafras tea which is considered to be a tonic

Blunting Effect: Moderate

Boring: Fairly easy to very easy

Carving: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Cutting Resistance: Moderate to saw

Gluing: Good gluing properties

Mortising: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Moulding: Very Good to Excellent

Movement in Service: Very Good to Excellent

Nailing: Pre-Boring Recommended, Requires some care

Planing: Works without difficulty with ordinary tools in planing and other machining operations

Resistance to Abrasion: Moderate

Resistance to Impregnation: Permeable sapwood

Response to hand tools: Responds Readily

Routing recessing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Sanding: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Veneering qualities: Veneers easily, Veneers moderately easy

Steam bending: Unsuitable

Screwing: Firmly holds screws , Very Good to Excellent Results; Turning: Fairly Easy to Very Easy

Polishing: Fairly Easy to Very Easy;

  • Numerical data Metric
  • Numerical data English
  • Strength properties
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Item Green Dry Metric
Specific Gravity 0,41 0,51
Density kg/m3
Bending Strength 413 620 kg/cm2
Crushing Strength 25 58 kg/cm2
Hardness kg
Impact Strength cm
Shearing Strength 85 kg/cm2
Stiffness 62 77 1000 kg/cm2
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Weight 657 464 kg/m3
Maximum Load 0,49 0,63 cm-kg/cm3
Toughness cm-kg
Static Bending kg/cm2
Item Green Dry English
Bending Strength 5880 8820 psi
Crushing Strength 363 833 psi
Maximum Crushing Strength 2675 4665 psi
Shearing Strength 1215 psi
Stiffness 892 1098 1000 psi
Work to Maximum Load 7 9 inch-lbs/in3
Specific Gravity 0.41 0.51
Weight 41 29 lbs/ft3
Radial Shrinkage 4 %
Tangential Shrinkage 6 %
Volumetric Shrinkage 10 %

Compression strength (parallel to grain) = low
Bending stength in air-dried condition...is medium
Average weight

Boone, R.S., C.J. Kozlik, P.J. Bois and E.M. Wengert. 1988. Dry Kiln Schedules for Commercial Woods: Temperate and Tropical. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, General Technical Report FPL-GTR-57, Madison, Wisconsin.Kline, M. 1984. Sassafras albidum - Sassafras. In A Guide to Useful Woods of the World. Flynn Jr., J.H., Editor. King Philip Publishing Co., Portland, Maine. 1994. Page 323-324.Little, E.L.1980.The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees - Eastern Region.Published by Arthur A. Knopf, New York.Panshin, A.J. and C. deZeeuw. 1980. Textbook of Wood Technology, 4th Edition. McGraw-Hill Series in Forest Resources. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York.USDA. 1987. Wood Handbook - Wood as an Engineering Material, Forest Service, Agriculture Handbook No. 72, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.USDA. 1988. Dry Kiln Operators Manual, Preliminary Copy. Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.
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