Species Guide · Tigerwood
The most visually striking decking wood we carry, bar none.
Tigerwood earns its name honestly — golden-orange to reddish-brown with bold, dark striping running through the grain, no two boards quite alike. It's the species people choose when the wood itself is meant to be the feature, not just the surface underfoot.
Characteristics
Tigerwood carries a Janka hardness of 1,630 and is genuinely dimensionally stable, with a real-world lifespan of 25 to 75 years — far more durable than its bold looks might suggest. It holds up well to Central Florida's sun and humidity, and rewards a bit of regular sealing with color and grain that stay vivid for years. Installation runs moderate difficulty, with pre-drilling recommended.
Also Used For
That same bold striping makes Tigerwood a standout hardwood floor and exterior siding, and it mills cleanly into tongue and groove or custom trim.
Common Questions
Tigerwood runs golden-orange to reddish-brown with dramatic dark striping running through the grain — it's the boldest, most visually distinctive species we carry, indoors or out.
It benefits from more regular sealing than the denser Tier One species to keep that vivid color and grain popping over the years, which is a fair tradeoff for a look this distinctive.
Tigerwood's Janka hardness of 1,630 is lower than Ipe's 3,680, but its dimensional stability gives it a real-world lifespan of 25 to 75 years — genuinely competitive with harder species when properly maintained.
Installation runs moderate difficulty, with pre-drilling recommended — easier than Ipe or Cumaru, but still best handled by an experienced installer.
Yes. Tigerwood's bold striping makes it a standout hardwood floor as well as a deck, and it mills into siding and trim profiles too.
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