beaver-tree

Updated: May 18, 2025

It was the magnolia glauca, sometimes called `swamp sassafras, but more generally known among hunters and trappers as the `beaver-tree. It is so named by them, because the beaver is fonder of its roots than of any other food; so fond of it, indeed, that it is often used as a bait to the traps by which these animals are caught.

Mayne Reid - The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness