Ironwood

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Ironwood may refer to:

Contents 1 Plants 2 Places 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Plants

Any particular wood that has a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. Species involved include:

• Acacia estrophiolata - Southern ironwood
• Androstachys johnsonii – Lebombo ironwood
• Carpinus caroliniana – American hornbeam
• Casuarina equisetifolia – Common ironwood from Australia
• Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) in general
• Chionanthus foveolatus – Pock ironwood from South Africa
• Choricarpia subargentea - Giant ironwood
• Copaifera spp. - Diesel Tree, Kerosene Tree, Kupa'y, Cabismo or Copaúva
• Erythrophleum chlorostachys Cooktown ironwood from Australia.
• Eusideroxylon zwageri - Borneo ironwood
• Guaiacum officinale – Lignum vitae
• Guaiacum sanctum – Holywood
• Holodiscus discolor - Creambrush
• Hopea odorata - White thingan, Ceylon or Malabar ironwood
• Krugiodendron ferreum – Black Ironwood
• Lyonothamnus floribundus – Lyon tree
• Lyonothamnus lyonii – Catalina ironwood
• Mesua ferrea – Rose chestnut or Ceylon ironwood
• Nestegis apetala - Coastal maire, Broad-leaved maire or Ironwood
• Olea spp. – Various olive trees
• Olneya tesota – Desert ironwood
• Ostrya virginiana – Hop hornbeam
• Parrotia persica – Persian ironwood
• Tabebuia serratifolia – Yellow poui

[edit] Places

In the United States:

• Ironwood High School in Glendale, Arizona
• Ironwood, Michigan, a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan
• Ironwood Township, Michigan, north of the city
• Ironwood Ridge High School in Tucson, Arizona

Fictional places:

• Ironwood County, the fictional creation of American author John Schreiber
• Ironwood (Norse mythology), a forest in Norse mythology

[edit] Other

• Ironwood (comics), erotic comics by Bill Willingham published in the United States by Eros Comicx

[edit] See also

Ironbark