Hardwood Flooring Species: The White Oak Tree

Useful Information about The White Oak Hardwood

The White Oak Wood is one of the most useful Hardwood at the Hardwood Industry. It is a very long-lived tree that can live up to 500 years…  In the forests, the white oak tree can reach to a magnificent height of 100’ feet tall with an average trunk size of 3’ feet. The white oak also known for its mystic, beautiful structure, with his developed broad-top and limbs striking out at any direction, making the width of the tree close or even bigger than its height. The White Oak Wood Tree is a native tree to the eastern states of the United States and to southeastern Canada. The White oak is also the State Tree of Connecticut, Illinois and Maryland.

White Oak Tree Botanical Name: Quercus spp. (White Oak Family Name)

White Oak Tree Origin Country: The White Oak Wood can be found mostly at the Québec Province in Canada, and in the states Minnesota, Texas and Florida at east of the United States.

Other White Oak Wood Species and Names: There many kinds of White Oak wood species, but only 8 of them can be used for a commercial use. The most famous among them is the Quercus alba.

White Oak Wood Look and Color:  The heart of the White Oak Wood has a light brown color, somewhat creamy brown. Some White Oak Hardwood boards can contain a little pinkish or light gray tint. The white oak sapwood has a very light creamy color. The White Oak Wood has a small variation in colors, a lot less than the famous hardwood species – the red oak.

White Oak Wood Grain Texture: The White Oak wood has a very open-straight grain structure, with more rays than the red oak wood has. Occasional crotches, swirls and burls can be seen a lot more often at the white oak hardwood.

White Oak Hardwood Hardness and Moisture Durability: On the Janka Hardness Test, the White Oak Hardwood gets the score of 1210 – about 6% percent softer than the red oak. On the Moisture resistant and the Dimensional Stability the white oak wood gets an average score of 10.5 which is 22% percent less stable than the benchmark red oak wood.

White Oak Wood Uses on The Wood Industry: The White Oak is a very special wood in its way. White Oak has a very close cellular structure which doesn’t allow any water to go through. Therefore, the white oak hardwood is already being used for ages for making ships, cooperage, agricultural implements and a lot of outdoor furniture. The White Oak Wood has also a relatively rot resistant, what makes white oak furniture and the white oak wood very valuable over the years. The White Oak has a very important part at the hardwood oak flooring industry. About 15% percent of all the commercial hardwood flooring industry in the United States is made from the white oak. White Oak Flooring is one of the most famous and valuable hardwood flooring on the market. It is probably the oak flooring that will stay with the best condition over the time.

To see examples of White Oak Flooring & To get FREE White Oak Wood Samples please choose one of the following links:

WoodCrafters Solid White Oak Flooring With Natural Stain

WoodCrafters Hand-Scraped Engineered White Oak Floor With Mahogany Stain

WoodCrafters Engineered White Oak Floors With Amaretto Stain

WoodCrafters Solid White Oak Floor With Golden Stain

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