On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Michael P Dossett wrote:

> About ironwood though... I learned that ironwood is another name for
> American Hornbeam. Does anyone else know? Anyway, the osage orange is a
> very important tree down there. The Missouri Conservationist, a free

Michael -

Just like birds, trees have colloquial names that are sometimes
duplicated. There is an "official" ironwood, and then any wood that is
stronger than the average wood is also nicknamed ironwood (madrona and
tulip tree and OO, for example)

So you learned right, but so did they! :)

Susan
camel at serv.net
Seattle, WA