Wood species
Pecan
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American pecan · Carya illinoinensis
Our pecan is kiln-dried domestic lumber from the hickory family (Carya). Same tough, hard working wood people expect from hickory — with the warm tan-to-brown heartwood and cream sapwood that make pecan a natural fit for furniture and floors in Texas shops.
Key facts
- Janka hardness
- HardAbout 1,820 lb — hickory-family hardness with strong dent resistance
- Stability
- AverageMoves like other dense ring-porous domestics; dry stock matters
- Grain type
- Straight to wavyOpen grain; cream sapwood against warmer heartwood
- Rot resistance
- Indoor defaultSold for furniture and flooring; finish for use
- Sustainability
- DomesticNorth American pecan / Carya supply
- Workability
- DemandingHard on edges; sharp cutters and patience at the planer pay off
About this wood
Hickory and pecan sit at the top of commercially available domestic hardness in the United States. That strength suits flooring, tabletops, tool handles, and other work that takes stress.
Grain and color vary board to board. We help you pick faces for the project — ask at the store when you want matching runs or a specific sap-to-heart look.
What we carry
- Pecan boards when listed on Inventory — hard domestic stock in the hickory family
Thickness is sold in quarters (4/4, 6/4, and so on) — see our hardwood thickness guide. Grades: NHLA grades.