EVOKE SPIRIT

About Sassafras, Southern Sassafras or Blackheart Sassafras (Atherosperma moschatum) is a conical shaped evergreen tree native to the cool temperate rainforests of Australia. With Gondwana origins, its distributional epicenter these days is lutruwita/Tasmania. Growing up to forty-five meters tall with a diameter of up to one meter, it can grow to be two hundred years old. The trunk and branches are often covered in lichen and the leaves have a distinctly coarse toothed edge. Flowers form in winter, facing down to avoid rain and snow. The fruit capsules mature opening around January to release tiny feathery windblown seeds.