Ironwood

Ironwood may refer to

1. Ironwood, Michigan, a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.
2. 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:
   • Carpinus caroliniana — also known as American hornbeam
   • Casuarina equisetifolia — Common Ironwood from Australia
   • Choricarpia subargentea
   • Copaifera spp.
   • Eusideroxylon zwageri
   • Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum — Lignum vitae
   • Hopea odorata
   • Krugiodendron ferreum — Black Ironwood
   • Lyonothamnus lyonii (L. floribundus) — Catalina Ironwood
   • Mesua ferrea — also known as Rose Chestnut or Ceylon Ironwood, from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
   • Olea spp. — various olive trees
   • Olneya tesota — Desert Ironwood
   • Ostrya virginiana — Hop hornbeam
   • Parrotia persica — Persian Ironwood
   • Tabebuia serratifolia — Ipe
3. Angrboda in Norse Mythology, is also known as the forest of "Ironwood"