Resources · Janka hardness · Eucalyptus
Janka hardness · a group of woods
Eucalyptus
1,350 to 2,473lbf
From 5 percent harder than red oak to 92 percent harder than red oak.
Eucalyptus is a family of hundreds of trees. The ones measured for floors run from about as hard as white oak to nearly twice as hard as red oak.
- Botanical
- Eucalyptus spp. and Corymbia spp.
- Also called
- Gum
- Kind
- Hardwood (a broadleaf tree), Australia
The woods sold as eucalyptus.
Eucalyptus is a name the mills use for more than one tree, which is why its number is a range. Each one, measured:
4 eucalyptus floor colors to choose from.
1 line: 1 engineered. Each color has its own page: open one to see it in a room, save it, or work out the cartons.
Where it sits among every floor wood.
Hardest first. Floors we carry in oak brown, the rest in tan, red oak in black. How the Janka test works.
The number is a start. The floor is the answer.
Hardness is one fact among many: the finish, the sheen, the width and how the house is lived in all count. A free visit puts one of us in your rooms to weigh them with you.
