I admit I’ve never given much thought to cork. Turns out, you harvest cork from an oak tree, and the process is kind of like shearing sheep. You remove the cork (bark), and over time the ...

The center of a tree or shrub stem (from roots to trunk, branches, and twigs) is woody, composed of xylem cells that conduct water from the roots to the upper parts of the tree. That woody section is ...

Cork is a natural and easily replenishable material that comes from the bark ... oak tree (Quercus suber). To create flooring products, cork is ground up, compressed, and formed into sheets ...