Species & Availability

Australian hardwoods, especially those from New South Wales, are world renowned for their beauty, unique natural features, density and hardness making them ideal for decorative flooring, able to withstand the rigors of everyday use long after many inferior timbers require replacement.

As well as our unique AST species blends:

• AST Copper Cherry ®
• AST Golden Oak ®
• AST Pearl Beech ®

While AST makes every effort to identify it's species as true to label as possible packs may contain a minimal proportion of other similar species.

Click here to view species specifications table.

	Blue Gum – A rich colour toned timber grown along the coastal areas of NSW with a fine grain pattern in colour tones of fiery brown red, rich red and dark pink which tends to darken over time. It is a hard timber with a Janka hardness rating of 9.
	Coastal Blackbutt – From coastal NSW it is more consistent in colour distinguishing it from the tablelands species. Coastal Blackbutt is one of the more readily available commercial species. A magnificent honey brown colour with a fine grain pattern layered with mellow cream tones. It is ideal for flooring with a Janka hardness rating of 9.1.
	Tallowwood - A highly durable species from the coast and coastal ranges of NSW suited to both interior flooring and decking. With natural wide grain patterns in warm pastel tones of brown, yellow and olive brown it is well suited to living spaces that want to reflect a relaxed lifestyle. Durable (Durability Class 1) and hard with a Janka rating of 8.6. Please Note: - "AST Tallowwood will continue to be graded to the Australian Standard (AS2796.2) with the exception of stick marks. AST will continue to reject boards with visible stick marks at the time of production and packaging. AST cannot guarantee that stick marks will not appear as they can be undetectable until laying and finishing. AST therefore will not accept claims on stick marked flooring from the floor laying process onwards.".
	Spotted Gum – A dense grained timber grown along the east coast of NSW with dynamic wide grain variations of coffee brown hues, with soft tone variations of red brown, cream and olive. Its neutral colour tones are well suited to contemporary interior design style. It is a very hard timber with a Janka rating of 11.
	Rose Gum – A fine grained timber also known as Flooded Gum which is grown around the coastal riverland areas of NSW. Rose Gum provides a classic warm colour composition of light red and pale pink which tends to darken with age to richer red brown tones. With a Janka rating of 7.5 it is suitable for domestic floors as well as most commercial applications.
	AST Copper Cherry ® – Our unique blend of Australian Red species from coastal NSW in rich captivating tones from light red brown and burnt red in narrow grained natural patterns highlighted with deep pink which darken overtime to give an elegant and warm backdrop to any interior or decking area. AST Copper Cherry ® is durable and very hard with a Janka rating of 11.6.
Timber colour variation Timber is a natural product and each log is unique in colour and character. Even within one species there will be natural variations. Some species will exhibit small variations while others vary greatly from log to log and within the log. It should be remembered no matter how big a sample of a species you have seen they are only indicative of the species colour and natural variation that may be expected. Your floor will be different from these samples and totally unique to you in its beauty.