Sassafras · Wináhk (Wee-nock)

Sassafras · Wináhk (Wee-nock) (HM2302)

Location: Washington, DC 20024
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 53.31', W 77° 1.001'

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For centuries, Native peoples have used the bark, roots, and leaves of the sassafras tree as medicine and flavoring in food and beverages.

As Native peoples taught settlers how to harvest and use sassafras, demand grew quickly. In the 1700s, it became one of the largest exports to England, second only to tobacco. The Shawnee continue to harvest sassafras today, drinking tea made from root bark to remove impurities from the blood.

Did you know that sassafras root is used as a flavoring in one of the most popular soft drinks, root beer?
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HM NumberHM2302
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Date Added Saturday, November 18th, 2017 at 7:02am PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 325090 N 4306336
Decimal Degrees38.88850000, -77.01668333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 53.31', W 77° 1.001'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 53' 18.6000" N, 77° 1' 0.0600" W
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Area Code(s)202, 301
Closest Postal AddressAt or near , Washington DC 20024, US
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