Maple wood flooring is highly sought after and is available in a number of styles. Maple is of the Acer genus of what are hich there many varieties, in terms of flooring the most common used is Hard Maple (Acer saccharum ) also known as Canadian Hard Maple and Sugar Maple. The grading of maple is a key factor as this will determine how the floor will look. Prime grade (or 1st grade in USA) provides a clean light look to your floor with little variation in colour ranging from white to creams with none to little mineral streaks. Alternatively Birds Eye Maple is highly sought after with quite unusual grain patterns. Character grades will include light brown mineral streaks that give a smokey look to the timber. Maple is an ideal timber for flooring as it is very dense and as the name suggests very hard.

Timber of European maple flooring is very light in colour tone and sapwood and heartwood cannot easily be distinguished from each other. Trunks are usually straight and have quite a long knotless section at the base. Canadian maple is slightly pinkish in colour tone, straight grained or with grains subtly undulating.