How big does a sassafras get and how long does it live?
Usually 40 to 60 feet tall at 1 to 2 feet in trunk diameter — big enough to matter, not big enough to need a crane on most lots. It is short-lived for a hardwood at roughly 50 to 100 years, so removals typically price in the mid bracket, climbing only when the lean puts it over a roof or a fence line.
Spread below ground too
Seed-grown sassafras drives a substantial taproot, which is why it transplants so badly that nurseries barely carry it and why the stump is stubborn. Lateral roots sucker aggressively and far from the trunk, so a stem removed without stump treatment does not end the tree — it converts one trunk into a colony of sprouts across that section of lawn.
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