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Bookmark or Share- Ironwood Tree: Facts, Leaves, Flowers, Bark (Pictures) - Identification ...Ironwood is classed as a small to medium-sized ornamental tree belonging to the genus Ostrya in the birch family Betulaceae. The ironwood tree grows 20 to 40 ft. (6 – 12 m) tall and up to 30 ft. (9 m) wide. It has a trunk diameter of up to 10” (25 cm), covered in peeling, shaggy bark.
- Ironwood - WikipediaIronwood is a common name for many woods that have a reputation for hardness, or specifically a wood density that is denser than water (approximately 1000 kg/m 3, or 62 pounds per cubic foot), although usage of the name ironwood in English may or may not indicate a tree that yields such heavy wood.
- Olneya - WikipediaOlneya tesota is a perennial flowering tree of the family Fabaceae, legumes (peas, beans, etc.), which is commonly known as ironwood, desert ironwood, or palo fierro in Spanish. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Olneya. This tree is part of the western Sonoran Desert in Mexico and United States.
- The Mighty Iron Wood Tree: A Guide to Its Characteristics and UsesIronwood, also known as “Ipe”, is an incredibly resilient and durable type of wood that comes from trees in South America. Due to its density and toughness, it has become a popular material used for a wide variety of applications, including outdoor decking and furniture.
- Carpinus caroliniana - WikipediaAmerican hornbeam is also known as blue-beech, ironwood, musclewood and muscle beech. It is native to eastern North America, from Minnesota and southern Ontario east to Maine, and south to eastern Texas and northern Florida. It also grows in Canada (southwest Quebec and southeast Ontario).
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