This guide features 20 of the most abundant and most often used hardwood species.
How to identify wood floor species.
There are two ways to use this site to identify an unknown specimen of wood.
Some species are easy to identify such as oak pine cherry and fir.
Deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.
Wood hardness varies among the hardwood species and some are actually softer than some softwoods.
As a resource american hardwoods are abundant renewing and sustainable and an excellent choice for eco effective design and building.
How to find out what type of wood floor you have.
This only compounds the challenges involved with identifying wood types.
Here we tackle a few ways to recognize some of the most common species of wood in north america by sight.
However there are a few key criteria to look for in wood identification.
Trees with broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous or needled trees.
Because of its high value teak is among the most popular types of wood for quality wood designs.
The hardwood is yellow to dark brown colour and the hardwood s grain is also unique running in straight mottled or fiddle back figures.
Pine is the most common and abundant type of wood in north america and there are dozens of different species of pine.
In addition to the basics where they grow general description and abundance.
To correctly identify the type of hardwood you need to perform a few tests.
The wood database online can show specific grain types color variations and hardness to help in the hardwood floor identification.
It s relatively easy to spot because of its frequent presence of dark knots and its distinct yellow color.
Teak is known for its impressive wetight dimensionally stability robustness and durability.
Here s what to look for when identifying pine oak maple and walnut.
You often can tell what kind of wood your floor is made from just by looking at it.
The guide to american hardwood species.
When i first put this site together more than a decade ago its purpose was to exist as a resource for students in forestry who needed to learn to identify wood as part of their curriculum.
The following techniques and recommendations don t necessarily have a wide application in initially sorting out wood species and eliminating large swaths of wood species but will most likely be of use only as a final step in special identification circumstances.
This is the third edition of this site containing nearly twice as many species higher resolution imagery and more in depth descriptions of each species.
