But it must be called Ironwood for a reason? Is this Carpinus caroliniana we're 
talking about - musclewood because the trunk contours look like muscles?

Jenny


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From: Marcboston <[email protected]>
To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Oct 31, 2009 9:31 am
Subject: [ENTS] Re: What's the hardest hardwood?




ronwood!  (It is probably not even close to being the hardest but I
annot help myself.)
On Oct 31, 9:22 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
rote:
    I have never run into a US wood harder than plains grown and dried
 Osage orange (Maclura). You could start a campfire with the sparks off
 of a chainsaw when cutting it.

 On Oct 30, 8:21 pm, "Edward Frank" <[email protected]> wrote:



 > Trivia for wood lovers. There is some hard wood out there, people. April 11, 
008

 >http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/What_is_the_Hardest_Wood_on_Ear...

 > Check out my new Blog:  http://nature-web-network.blogspot.com/(andclick on 
ome of the ads)
 >   ENTS,

 >   Quick question. Is hickory the hardest hardwood?- Hide quoted text -

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