Douglas Fir
Color: Heartwood is yellowish tan to light brown. Sapwood is tan to white. Heartwood may be confused with that of southern yellow pine. Radical color change upon exposure to sunlight.
Grain: Normally straight, with occasional wavy or spiral texture. Nearly all fir flooring is vertical-grain or riftsawn clear grade material.

Ash White
Color: Heartwood is light tan to dark brown; sapwood is creamy white. Similar in appearance to whit oak, but frequently more yellow
Grain: Bold, straight, moderately open grain with occasional wavy figuring. Can have strong contrast in grain in plainsawn boards.

Mesquite
Color: Light brown to darkish reddish brown
Grain: High in charachter, with ingrown bark and mineral streaks. Most commonly used in flooring as end-grain block, which has small irregular cracks radiating across the grain.

Jarrah
Color: Heartwood is uniformly pinkish to dark red, often a rich dark red mahogany hue, turning a deep brownish red with age and exposure; sapwood is pale. Frequent black streaks with occasional ingrown grain.
Grain: Frequently interlocked or wavy. Texture is even and moderately coarse

Maple - Sugar/Hard
Color: Heartwood is creamy white to light redish brown; sapwood is pale to creamy white.
Grain: Closed, subdued grain, with medium figuring and uniform texture. Occasionally shows quilted, fiddleback, curly or bird's-eye figuring. Figured boards often culled during grading and sold at a premium.