Dirca palustris 25/5 Restock after intensive searches of the

after intensive searches of the formerly known and likely sites around Nashville

nutty treasure inside

in time an open shrub or small narrow tree

vigorous evergreen frame clothed in glossy dark foliage

Dirca palustris 25/5 Restock after intensive searches of theDirca palustris, the leatherwood, is a quiet native shrub with a hidden trick: branches so supple and tough they can be bent, twisted, even tied in a knot without snapping. That remarkable pliability, born of unusually soft, low lignin wood, gave rise to the names leatherwood and ropebark, and made the bark a favorite of Native peoples for cordage. A slow, rounded, understory shrub of rich eastern woodlands, leatherwood is seldom offered and quietly