CORK FLOORS

NATURAL CORK FLOORING

Grown on farms and harvested every 9 to 11 years, the financial benefit lies not in felling these trees but in keeping them alive and in production for generations. Regulations necessitate that a cork tree may not be harvested until it is 20 to 25 years old. The material from this first harvest is known as "virgin" cork. Virgin bark is less desirable as it is tough and irregularly formed. The next harvest results in product that is called "secondary cork" which, though of better quality than virgin bark, is still not ideal. After extracting these first two layers of cork, subsequent harvests produce "amadia". With the harvest of amadia, a cork oak tree has reached its optimum production value. At maturity a typical tree can produce upwards of 450 pounds of cork per harvest. This takes right around 50 years to achieve. Starting a cork tree farm is an investment in future generations.

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