Corkwood

It grows at damp habitats, mostly in coastal areas and has extremely light wood. It typically reaches 2-4 m tall, occasionally up to 8 m. The leaves are alternate, simple lanceolate, 5-20 cm long and 3-6 cm broad.

USS Corkwood (AN-44/YN-63) was an Ailanthus-class net laying ship which served with the U.S. Navy in the western Pacific Ocean theatre of operations during World War II. Her career was without major incident, and she returned home safely after the war with one battle star to her credit. More

Corkwood received one battle star for World II service. More

corkwoodcorkwood - very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light woodcorkwood tree, Leitneria floridanagenus Leitneria, Leitneria - one species: corkwoodbush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. More