Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1915 — LIGHTEST WOOD THAT GROWS [ARTICLE]

LIGHTEST WOOD THAT GROWS

Cork Tree, Which Is Found in Southeastern Missouri. The lightest wood that grows Is that from a tree Indigenous to southeastern Missouri. It Is known there as the cork tree, but Its wood is lighter than cork. The tree grows to a height of fifteen feet, and a diameter of six inches. The roots are lighter than the wood. This Missouri cordwood has no particular commercial value. The fishermen use it to make floats for their nets. The heaviest known wood is also a native of the United States, the black Ironwood of Florida;

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