Often overlooked in spring, sassafras trees in Southeast Missouri bear baseball-sized flower clusters and later light up country roads with red, orange and yellow autumn leaves.

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They stood defoliated out in the winter weather for months. They suffered in the heavy snow storm of last December and the lingering late season changes. But now, in June, trees are demanding our ...