Wood Facts A Series Monday

[Dawie]

Let's make some cork today.
David

The bark of the Cork Oak {Quercus suber} is used to produce cork wine stoppers and flooring. The species grows in Northwest Africa and Southwest Europe with Algeria, Morocco, Portugal and Spain, manufacturing the majority of the world's supply.
http://www.costadelsol-vacationrentals.com/cork-flooring.html
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cork_oak_trunk_section.jpg

Wouldn't mind a piece of that last pic.

[mrsn]

I really love this series, I share each day's fact with my woodshop class.

[HWPlmbr1]

I may be wrong, but I think I read some where that they tried to get the cork tree to grow here in America. It did grow, but did not produce cork. Only where it grows naturally is where it produces cork.

[jimbo]

the rest of the wood is balsa, screw top wine bottles killed the the sales of cork and that is why it is so dear 
Jimbo

[Marcellarius]

I'm with you david, would like a piece to, what a great wood.

[Dawie]

I really love this series, I share each day's fact with my woodshop class.

There are still a couple to go, if I am not mistaken there where something like 88 of these facts, some I have combined.

I enjoy this I think as much as you do, when looking for pics and extra info I always find something new.
David