Latitudinal range: 31.3° to 47.0°

Habitats: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (14)

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Found in 15 samples

China: Mt. Shennongjia

Hungary: Wind Brickyard (Late Oligocene)

United States: Abner's Hollow, Lake Sara, Kisatchie National Forest (mixed pine-hardwood forest), Kisatchie National Forest (oak-beech-magnolia-sweetgum forest), Stewart State Forest (H), Highlands, Bent Creek, Hill Forest State Natural Area, Bonayer Forest, Seashore State Park (mesic forest plots), Pogue Creek Natural Area, Oakmulgee Ranger District, Botany Glen (Plot 1)

See also Sassafras albidum, Sassafras lobatum, Sassafras tzumu