Editing Sassafras (section)

=== Wood ===
''Sassafras albidum'' is often grown as an [[ornamental tree]] for its unusual leaves and aromatic scent. Outside of its native area, it is occasionally cultivated in [[Europe]] and elsewhere.<ref name=usfs>U.S. Forest Service: [http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Sassafras%20albidum.pdf ''Sassafras albidum'' (pdf file)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004213702/http://www.fs.fed.us/global/iitf/pdf/shrubs/Sassafras%20albidum.pdf |date=October 4, 2012 }}</ref> The durable and beautiful wood of sassafras plants has been used in shipbuilding and furniture-making in North America, in Asia, and in Europe (once Europeans were introduced to the plant).<ref>{{cite book |last=De-Yuan |first=Hong |date=June 30, 2015 |title=Plants of China: A Companion to the Flora of China |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=313 |isbn=978-1-107-07017-2 }}</ref> Sassafras wood was also used by Native Americans in the southeastern United States as a fire-starter because of the flammability of its natural oils found within the wood and the leaves.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bartram |first=William |date=December 1, 2002 |title=William Bartram on the Southeastern Indians (Indians of the Southeast) |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |page=270 |isbn=978-0-8032-6205-8 }}</ref>