There exists flooring that owns two names known and associated with rustic beauty, a floor that stands out against other domestic hardwood flooring and accentuates any home with homely patterns or rich, decorative atmosphere. This flooring is known both as hickory and as pecan flooring. In truth, Pecan is the more specific name, classifying into the category of hickory. Neither name is technically false, only that one is more accurate, botanically, than the other. Hickory flooring is known for its unique characteristics. No other flooring has such a variation in natural colors. The sapwood is a white to light cream color, often times with a slight pink variation. In contrast, heartwood has a rich, reddish brown coloration. The two colors are often placed directly next to each other; working together to give a very natural feel to the room it is laid in. Colors can change from plank to plank, but also from section to section. Hickory and Pecan’s natural coloring varies so widely than one piece of wood can darken dramatically from one inch to the next. This sense of amorphism emphasizes the natural colors of the wood, and is the popular factor in deciding on this type of floor. With an outstanding hardness rating of 1820, hickory and pecan flooring excels above many types of flooring, competing with exotic hardwood flooring for durability. Hickory is also a flexible wood, used in many applications where durability is valued. Walking canes, golf clubs, tool handles, even drumsticks are all often composed of hickory wood, and much for the same reason as flooring is: superior longevity. The abuse a drumstick or baseball bat takes is nothing for solid, hard hickory and this reflects superbly into this wood’s flooring applications.

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