Foraging Sassafras LbNA #47427
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Add Location| Owner: | anoliverdi
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| Plant date: | May 24, 2009 |
| Location: | Mohegan park |
| City: | Norwich |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | The 3 Foragers
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| Found by: | anoliverdi |
| Last found: | Jun 22, 2025 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFaaF |
| Last edited: | Jun 22, 2025 |
I have recently adopted this box we have created a new stamp and move its location to a more secure area not far from the original.
You need to park in the parking lot off of Mohegan Park Road, in the lot next to the old concession stand. Walk back out the driveway to the road and at the stop sign, cross the road to an unmarked trail. Follow the trail downhill, with a stream and waterfalls on your left. The trail will level out and the water will flow smoothly. Look along the left side of the trail for a tall tree with a 25' long gash on it's trunk. From this tree continue down the path 27 paces, look to the right you will see the end of a stone wall and some downed trees. The the end of the stone wall behind a rock you will find Foraging Sassafras.
Sassafras is an easy tree to identify. There are 3 leaf shapes growing on a tree--a 3 lobed leaf, a mitten shaped 2 lobed leaf, and a single lobed oval leaf. There are usually many saplings growing under a mature tree. All parts of sassafras can be foraged to make tea, dried roots and inner bark is best. The leaves are dried and powdered to produce gumbo filé, a thickener for soups in the Southern USA. Some photos can be found here:
No ink in the box, green is suggested.
You need to park in the parking lot off of Mohegan Park Road, in the lot next to the old concession stand. Walk back out the driveway to the road and at the stop sign, cross the road to an unmarked trail. Follow the trail downhill, with a stream and waterfalls on your left. The trail will level out and the water will flow smoothly. Look along the left side of the trail for a tall tree with a 25' long gash on it's trunk. From this tree continue down the path 27 paces, look to the right you will see the end of a stone wall and some downed trees. The the end of the stone wall behind a rock you will find Foraging Sassafras.
Sassafras is an easy tree to identify. There are 3 leaf shapes growing on a tree--a 3 lobed leaf, a mitten shaped 2 lobed leaf, and a single lobed oval leaf. There are usually many saplings growing under a mature tree. All parts of sassafras can be foraged to make tea, dried roots and inner bark is best. The leaves are dried and powdered to produce gumbo filé, a thickener for soups in the Southern USA. Some photos can be found here:
No ink in the box, green is suggested.