What species is this wood floor? (hardwood, engineered, laminate, plank)

[sneezecake]

Those who know wood, please help!

[Steve Bagu]

Normally people use hardwood for a floor and will either stain or varnish for long wear depending on taste...looks real nice in photos. I would just re-varnish or just apply a good coat of wax and polish for lustre.

[sneezecake]

But what species is this??

[ShaneSA]

It looks like cherry to me. It's a laminate floor, at least I think it's a laminate floor, so it's fake wood. made to look like cherry. Is that the question?

[Steve Bagu]

A person might use Douglas fir...Redwood...Oak...Birch...but never Pine. Who knows. Cannot really tell cause it shows by the colour two different shades...like two different kinds of wood...light and dark. One kind of wood being used, the colour would be consistent and not two shades. Looking at the grain says a lot. A good question would be as to what part of the country your in...and the wood available. Different strokes for different folks. Sorry, I would have to eyeball it close. Wood stain and varnish will make wood look different. Steve

[Steve Bagu]

Do not believe its laminated as the ends butting together show dust and also show along the sides where they meet together. Steve

[South Range Family]

The first one is Red Elm with McCloskey's Gym Seal.

The second one is White Oak with Gym Seal.

My kitchen cabinets are Hickory with Honey Oak stain.

It looks like your cabinets are Cherry. They haven't darkened yet.

Your floor could be anything but the Cherry. I'm leaning towards the Oak.

[poconoproud]

looks like red oak wide plank flooring...

Wood Floors by Wood Species from Carlisle Wide Plank Floors

[rubytue]

With that much grain, I'd guess its red oak with a cherry stain. That is, unless its in a very high end house where they might have put in exotic hardwoods.

Why does it matter what species it is?

[sneezecake]

Okay here is the deal: It was kind of a loaded question.

This is my house...we are building it new.

At the design studio we chose 5" engineered hardwoods in Brazilian Cherry. The sample looked like this, as does the image on the design studio website:


They put the floors down this past Thursday and we were surprised to go by and see them looking the way they do. Now, I understand there is obviously going to be variation in grain from piece to piece in any natural product...but this doesn't even look close...my first thought was "did they give us oak floors?"

So, I am looking for the thoughts of y'all to see if I am crazy or not - I am going to grab the sample from the design studio today and compare them in person as well.