http://www.realoakfloors.co.uk/larch_solid_wood_flooring.php About Larch Wood Flooring Larches are conifers in the family Pinaceae. They are native to much of the cooler temperate northern hemisphere, on lowlands in the far north, and high on mountains further south. Larches are among the dominant plants in the immense boreal forests of Russia and Canada where the cool temperature inhibits the growth and encourages a tighter grain. Because of this, Northern Larch wood flooring is almost Pitch Pine like in appearance This larch is FSC certified flooring, we also stock a variety of fsc certified oak flooring Larch is valued in forestry for its wood, which is tough, waterproof and durable, with top quality knot-free timber being in great demand for a variety of uses from furniture, flooring and interior design to yachts and other boats. Larch wood flooring is known to exhibit distinctively handsome flame-like colour patterns, small knots, tight grains and varying hues. The heart-wood is reddish-brown, when grown in a cold situation, and very light in weight, weighing when dry about thirty-six pounds per cubic foot; but the wood of the richer soils of lowland forests is often of a yellowish-white. Owing to the small size of the lateral branches the wood is comparatively free from knots, and those which occur do not rot or become loose. No wood remains longer uninjured by water than larch, so that it was once largely used on the Continent for waterpipes; and when the bark is left on it is extremely durable, both above and under ground, and therefore suited for use for posts, vine-props, and hop-poles. For these purposes it is planted close, so that the trunks are drawn up in a long and slender form. The closeness of the grain, moreover, renders Larch timber much less liable to splinter, which adapts it for the superstructures of warships. Real Oak Floors stock and supply a variety of Hardwood and Laminate options. Please browse this section and, if there is a product that you need that is not shown here then please contact us (0844 848 6840) as we are able to source more products than we can show here. Real Oak Floors 2006 http://realoakfloors.co.uk/media/thumbs/713_Lacquered_Rustic_Oak_Narrow_Plank.jpg http://www.realoakfloors.co.uk/larch_solid_wood_flooring.php