How To Identify Wood Floor Species

How to find out what type of wood floor you have.

How to identify wood floor species.

The guide to american hardwood species. Some species are easy to identify such as oak pine cherry and fir. Teak is known for its impressive wetight dimensionally stability robustness and durability. The wood database online can show specific grain types color variations and hardness to help in the hardwood floor identification.

However there are a few key criteria to look for in wood identification. It s relatively easy to spot because of its frequent presence of dark knots and its distinct yellow color. 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. If you already have a knowledge of various wood types and their cell structures or if you have a general idea of what you think the species is you can go directly to the page for that particular species.

Because of its high value teak is among the most popular types of wood for quality wood designs. 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. There are two ways to use this site to identify an unknown specimen of wood. Many species such as oak pine and fir are easily recognizable.

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. Pine is the most common and abundant type of wood in north america and there are dozens of different species of pine. Here s what to look for when identifying pine oak maple and walnut. In addition to the basics where they grow general description and abundance.

These can all be found under the hardwood or softwood tabs above. This only compounds the challenges involved with identifying wood types. To correctly identify the type of hardwood you need to perform a few tests. Trees with broad flat leaves as opposed to coniferous or needled trees.

This guide features 20 of the most abundant and most often used hardwood species. The hardwood is yellow to dark brown colour and the hardwood s grain is also unique running in straight mottled or fiddle back figures. Wood hardness varies among the hardwood species and some are actually softer than some softwoods. Deciduous perennial plants which are normally leafless for some time during the year.