Claro Walnut Flooring

We specialize in madrone and tan oak though we have several other species in stock including claro walnut pepperwood and california black oak.

Claro walnut flooring.

Also known as black walnut. Claro walnut grown in oregon is usually a cross between eastern black walnut and california claro walnut but some of the trees are pure black or claro. Engineered hardwood s construction fortifies it with greater structural stability so that it can be used at any level of the home at above or below ground level. Claro walnut trees and wood.

Claro walnut trees are a blend of species created by grafting an english walnut to either a black walnut or a california walnut. Claro walnut table top slabs at good hope hardwoods. Claro walnut juglans hindsi is a unique walnut species that grows right around the area where cook woods is located. The primary focus of whitethorn hardwoods is to provide cabinet lumber flooring and slabs from native california hardwoods to regional wookworkers and cabinetmakers.

The california claro walnut has more color than many other walnut varieties. Claro walnut is difficult to dry due to its water pockets but this doesn t usually affect slab top tables. All walnut slabs and walnut lumber can only be sold kiln dried with the bark removed. The claro walnut slabs below are ghh set 42.

Aaaa marbled claro walnut live edge vertical grain bookmatch 33 x 56 x 5 4 nwt 0683c learn more. Live edge claro walnut slabs. These slabs are cut 12 4 thick and one slab 6 is 24 4 thick 6 199 to 251 long. Claro is a spanish word meaning clear or bright and this is used to identify the wood cut from the bole of walnut orchard trees.

With its tendency for rapid growth claro walnut can have growth rings in excess of an inch. They can be found on the west coast of the u s. Scroll down to view images of smaller slabs. Combining beautiful violet and brownish black streaks with the browns of eastern walnut juglans nigra.

Claro walnut and english walnut have been favored for high end rifles and shotguns by many over. Depending on the moisture level it might be necessary to use a moisture barrier. Providing properly kiln dried. These native california trees are referred to in the trade as claro walnut to distinguish it from eastern black walnut which has a slightly different color palette some more gray hues less brown hues large slabs over 72 in length.

Lots of rain mild winters a mineral rich soil and occasional days of sunshine combine to produce walnut trees that grow up to 6 diameter in about 100 years.