btw, LOOK what i found while googling sassafras!!
isn't that yellow caterpillar aMAzing?!!
best,
mindy

I've never seen it done but a Google search does seem to indicate its possibility.

There is a site I pass on my commute across NH rt 4 through Northwood that was supposed to become a water bottling plant but didn't get the permits. Under the power wires it is kept mowed to a foot or less every year or two to keep the woody stuff down and there are sassafras in that stretch. It's pretty unnoticeable at 55 mph most of the year, but truly lights up in the fall with medium-late color - bright gold and orange. Quite stunning for a few weeks!

Despite the regular clipping back quite short, they do seem to grow well, so I would expect intentional coppicing would work fine.

babs, as my late mother used to say, facetiously of course,
" babs, you're a godda..ed JEWEL!!

th so much for your keen eyesight and your reportage!
i am so psyched!!
mindy