Is a sassafras common in central Indiana?
Native and common statewide, and in central Indiana it is a woods-edge, fencerow and old-field species rather than a landscape tree — it colonizes clearings and abandoned ground, which is exactly why it shows up on the back edge of newer subdivisions built on former farm ground.
Why that matters for tree work
Nobody plants sassafras in central Indiana — it arrives on its own along the back fence, the treeline and the old pasture edge, then ends up on a quote once it has grown tall and skinny over a shed, a fence or the neighbor's drive. It is a brittle pioneer species that gets tall faster than it gets strong.
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