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The tree in our forest once again found along the creeks and wet areas. You won't find t You won't find it up at the top of the You won't find it on the drier soils. T You can see ironwood probably gets its name because the wood is extremely hard. Another nickname is musclewood. The reason it gets its name musclewood is because of these undulations in here. You can see it's not perfectly round. There's these undulations that resemble perhaps the muscles in your arm. You see how your muscles run up your arm here or perhaps your leg. Your arm is not perfectly round but you can see these ridges. The same t A great identification key for a tree that looks very much The leaves are very similar. But t It was once used for wagon wheel spokes and other purposes where they required really hard wood. So, find t It's a very interesting tree. An understory tree. Meaning it only probably grows maybe 20 to 25 feet tall at best compared to the big overstory tree. T Carpinas Carolinianus. How about that? T
