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Official State Soil: Sassafras
August 12th

The sassafras tree, which can be found growing on Sassafras soils, was once used to flavor root beer.

Clean water from Maryland's Sassafras soils drains into the Chesapeake Bay, making them important to the crabs, oysters, and striped bass that live in this estuary!