20 years ago I searched for the trees---they are plentiful 100 miles to the north and 100 miles to the south
This dude made a very toxic substance---loaded with chemical sugar.
much simpler to just buy sassafras root beer---sold in stores near the amish----a commercial root beer
Notably where I live, no toxic snakes and never here much about toxic spider bites---go 100 miles south or 100 miles north and loaded with the big mouth bad snakes and toxic spiders.