Southern Sassafras
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| Southern Sassafras
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Scientific Name:
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Atherosperma moschatum
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| Family:
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Monimiaceae
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| Height:
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10-15 m, occasionally to 25 m
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| Bark:
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Light brown to light grey, often covered in varicoloured lichen, aromatic
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| Adult leaves:
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Opposite, lanceolate, sparsely toothed, 3-5 cm long, shiny yellow-green on upper side, pale grey-green on under side, nutmeg fragrance
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| Flowers:
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Scented, 2 cm across, 8 creamy petal like segments
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| Fruit:
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Plumed 1-seeded achemes in cup-shaped receptacle about 1 cm across
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| Wood:
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Sapwood pale; heartwood from pale grey to light brown to black; density about 500 kg per cubic metre; “blackheart” sassafras much prized in furniture.
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| Nation:
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Errinundera
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| Provinces:
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- Delegate
- Ellery
- Goolengook
- Plateau
- Rodger
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Under Construction
Inspirations
- Boland, Brooker, Chippendale, Hall, Hyland, Johnston, Kleinig & Turner - Forest Trees of Australia
- Costermans - Trees of Victoria and Adjoining Areas
- Costermans - Native Trees of South-Eastern Australia
- Edited Groves - Australian Vegetation
- Native Forests Action Council - The Forests of East Gippsland
