Sarsaparilla beverage is made from the roots of the sassafras tree -- see
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. They are widely distributed in the eastern US. I used to chew on sassafras twigs as a youngster. Now is not the time to plant one, but several online nurseries offer them. Just Google for "sassafras tree."
Cheers,
Karl W.
I have searched Burpee's, and done google searches looking for a source... does anyone have ideas on where to obtain some?