Yellow Pine
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Southern Yellow Pine is commonly chosen over other wood species because it is a character-filled wood with enduring charm. Natural highlights and rustic hues of Southern Yellow Pine Flooring deepen over time into rich amber tones.

Appearance

COLOR: Heartwood varies from light yellow/orange to reddish brown or yellowish brown; sapwood is light tan to yellowish white.

GRAIN: Closed with high figuring; patterns range from clear to knotty.

VARIATIONS WITHIN SPECIES AND GRADES: Longleaf pine, shortleaf pine, loblolly pine, slash pine. All have many of the same characteristics as Douglas fir. Old-growth lumber in these varieties has substantially higher density and is more stable than second-growth material.

Properties

HARDNESS (JANKA): Below average

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY: Above average

DURABILITY: Soft, fairly durable, not as resistant to scuffs & dents as other hardwoods.

Resources

Grades - Prefinished

TIMELESS: Strict grading rules limit the size and number of any natural defects such as knots, streaks, or sap wood. Select or Timeless grading is for the customer looking for the clearest and most consistent look to their flooring.

VINTAGE: This grade allows tight filled knots, as well as other naturally occurring characteristics of wood such as streaks, mineral, limited worm holes, color variation and sap wood.

COLONIAL: This grade allows unlimited character markings that are found naturally in solid wood.