Cork
From London's Ghost Acres
Imported from
- France
- Italy
- Sweden
- Germany
- Channel Islands
- Gibraltar
- Portugal and Maderia
- Ireland
- Denmark and Norway
- Sicily
- Algeria
- British East Indies
- Holland
- Belgium
- Russia
- The Gold Coast
Description
Cork is an impermeable, buoyant material, a prime-subset of bark tissue that is harvested for commercial use primarily from Quercus suber (the Cork Oak), which is endemic to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.