Black Cherry Wood Floors

Black cherry presents with a uniform grain texture which is fine and wavy.

Black cherry wood floors.

Variations within species and grades. 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 sapwood in not rot resistant at all most cherry is sawn for grade and nearly all boards contain sapwood often both faces. 443 280 1517 email.

If lower grade larger logs are sawn to exclude sapwood and further manufacture eliminates sapwood in the product fencing cladding furniture cherry is an excellent exterior wood. Black cherry is about 26 softer than a northern red oak wood with a rating of 950 on the janka hardness scale. Leaf of a black cherry tree. Black cherry is a species which presents with potentially significant color variations in boards.

American black cherry is an exceptional choice for hardwood plank flooring. 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.