ironwood

Ironwood may refer to

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
• Diospyros blancoi, Mabolo, Velvet Apple, or Kamagong native to the Philippines
• 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 or Nahar
• 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
• Xanthostemon verdugonianus, Philippine Ironwood or Mangkono, endemic of the Philippines

Places

In the United States:

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

Other

• Ironwood (comics), erotic comics by Bill Willingham published in the United States by Eros Comix
• Catherine Yronwode, comic-book editor whose name is pronounced "Ironwood".

See also

• Ironbark

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