Black Cherry Wood Floors

Leaf of a black cherry tree.

Black cherry wood floors. 443 280 1517 email. The tree is a hardwood and the lineal taxonomy is magnoliopsida rosales rosaceae prunus serotina ehrh. Countryplank offers a variety of grades and styles of cherry flooring to suit your tastes and budget. A light reddish brown hardwood with a satiny fine grain that ages to a rich patina american cherry is one of the most sought after northern hardwoods.

Other names black cherry capulin cherry chisos wild cherry choke cherry edwards plateau cherry escarpment cherry gila choke cherry mountain black cherry new england mahogany plum rum cherry southwestern chokecherry whiskey. Black cherry is about 26 softer than a northern red oak wood with a rating of 950 on the janka hardness scale. Variations within species and grades. Freshly cut cherry is often very pale but the wood oxidizes to its famously favorable rich brown red in time.

Black cherry presents with a uniform grain texture which is fine and wavy. Black cherry is a species which presents with potentially significant color variations in boards.