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 -----Original Message----- 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 - - Show quoted text - -~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ astern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org end email to [email protected] isit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en o unsubscribe send email to [email protected] ~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
