Domestic Wood Floor Species
Posted by Mr. Hardwood on
October 6, 2006
Like all organic materials, wood has its own character and quirks responding to the environment, and will change over time. Wood should be treated with understanding and a certain amount of care. For wood flooring professionals, knowing about wood properties, as well as individual species, is critical to proper installation. For consumers, it’s important to have realistic expectations about how wood will perform. Knowing the products species, character & wood properties will help the installer and consumer alike.
The information and graphics concerning wood floor species and their properties are those generally accepted descriptions. Wood is a natural material subject to many variations in color, dimensional stability, grain, and hardness. No description is able to encompass all possible variations. Flooring.ORG accepts no liability or risk for the application or use of the information and graphic representation contained herein.
- White Ash
- Beech
- Birch
- Black Cherry
- Sinker Cypress
- Cypress
- Douglas Fir
- Heart Pine
- Hickory & Pecan
- Sugar Maple
- Mesquite
- Red Oak
- White Oak
- Southern
- Yellow Pine
- Walnut
