Various PA Hardwood Species Options.

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Allegheny Flooring Species
• White Oak
• Red Oak
• Beech
• Cherry
• Hickory
• Walnut
• Ash, Hard Maple, Spaulded Maple, & Aspen Ceiling also available


White Oak
• Native to Eastern USA
• Great Strength
• Tall strong powerful looking tree
• Bark is a light grey color
• Deer & Animals love the acorns
and small saplings for food
• average height– 65’-80’ high,
• 36” – 48”diameter


White Oak
• Classic Flooring with a diverse
range of possibilities
• Rift & Quarter Sawn Available
• Beautiful Grain Patterns
• Quarter Sawn shows magnificent
fleck character
• Clear or Natural Grades
• The Original Allegheny LIVE SAWN
• Looks amazing in modern homes
to traditional homes
• Takes color stain very well
• Great floor for Pets!


Red Oak

• PA grows great Red Oaks
• Oaks are key in America’s history
• One of the largest and most
important timber trees
• Ave. height 80’
• 20” – 40” diameter
• begins to bear fruit at about age 25
but usually does not produce seeds
abundantly until about age 50


Red Oak
• Classic Hardwood Floor
• Beautiful Tight Grain
• Clear & Natural Grades
• Natural grade allows for color
variation along with knots
• dense type of hardwood so it is more
resistant to regular wear
• World Renown for it’s quality
• Sapwood is white to light brown and
the heartwood is a pinkish reddish
brown


American Beech
• Known as “Mother of the Forest”
for its nutrient- rich humus
• Typically reaches 120’ high
• Produce large amount of seeds
• Soft smooth pliable grey bark
• Like an Aspen, Beech trees are
clone organisms
• Chips of beech wood are used in
the brewing of Budweiser beer as
a fining agent


Beech

• Attractive and cool floor
• Clear & Natural available
• Light toned
• Strong and durable
• Very uniform appearance
• Subtle straight grain with a
close uniform texture


Cherry
• Cherry belongs to the rose family.
• Colonists used Cherry Tree for its
fruit, medicinal properties, and
home furnishings.
• Easily identifiable by its very
dark, thick, corn flake like bark.
• Fruit is used in jam, pies, soda and
ice cream.
• Ave. height 60’ -80’ feet.
• Beyond 80 – 100 years diameter
growth slows, and mortality of
cherry increases rapidly.


Cherry

• Cherry is Fine Grained
• Wood has a fine uniform, straight
grain, satiny, smooth texture.
• The heartwood varies from a rich red to
reddish brown and hues will darken
with age on exposure to light
• Sapwood is creamy white.
• Often used as a border along with an
oak or hickory floor


Hickory
• Grows to 80-90 ft.
• Nuts are edible & tasty
• Hickory nuts were used for cooking
oil and to repel mosquitoes by the
Native Americans
• Does not start producing seeds
until 40 years old
• Shagbark hickory is easily
identified in the woods due to it’s
shaggy bark.


Hickory
• A tough, beautiful floor full of
character
• Great floor for kitchens, high traffic
areas, and families!
• contrasting color tones come through
from the lighter blonde sapwood and
darker brown heartwood to create a
very interesting pattern from board to
board.


Walnut
• Attaining heights of 100 -130 ft.
• Valued for its edible nuts.
• From the time of ancient Greeks
until modern European
history, Walnuts symbolized
fertility and were strewn at
weddings.
• Scratching the shell of the nut
creates a wonderful citrus aroma
• Walnut’s lifespan is only
approximately 120 years


Walnut
• Matures to a rich warm color
• Beautiful without a stain
• Wavy grain that produces an
attractive and decorative figure
• Natural grade will have creamy
white sap wood
• Heartwood is light brown to dark
chocolate brown.
• Tough hardwood of medium
density, has more potential for
dings than hickory or oak.


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