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Sassafras - Sassafras albidum
A deciduous tree that grows up to 20 m tall. The leaves are alternate, green, and come in three shapes, all of which can be on the same branch. The possible shapes are: three-lobed leaves, un-lobed elliptical leaves, and two-lobed leaves.
The tree I spotted was almost 1 m tall, and had all three leaf shape varieties. The leaf pictured had 2 lobes and resembled a mitten.
''Sassafras albidum'' is a species of ''Sassafras'' native to eastern North America, from southern Maine and southern Ontario west to Iowa, and south to central Florida and eastern Texas. It occurs throughout the eastern deciduous forest habitat type, at altitudes of sea level up to 1,500 m. It formerly also occurred in southern Wisconsin, but is extirpated there as a native tree.
