As I was taught, Iron wood in an area is the hardest/toughest stuff in the area.

One can start counting the thin ring trees in the group. Slow growing and tough.

Martin

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mac davis wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:54:06 -0700, Ralph E Lindberg wrote:

In article ,
"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote:

Caution the group on using the term Ironwood - every area or state has
an Ironwood. I have some from the South Pacific even.

Copied because Martin is about the only one that got it RIGHT. "Iron
Wood" is a local name, that changes with just a few miles even. Iron
Wood in the UK, is NOT the Iron Wood Mac is familiar with.

Just top throw one in.. As I understand it, Desert Ironwood is from the Sonora
Desert?

I was told that as folks from other countries settled the US, they named trees
that resembled ones at home.. any hard wood became "iron wood"


mac

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