Wood flooring includes various forms of floor coverings made from the trunks or branches of trees or rigid grasses, although not including cork (which is listed as a soft flooring). The types of wood flooring are broken down according to the form of installation rather than the species of tree.

Wood planks use parallel boards, while parquet uses pieces arranged in a decorative geometric pattern. Laminate includes reconstituted wood products, so this family is not limited to solid boards cut directly from a trunk.

Bamboo is included because its rigid woody stems provide strips used as flooring. Cork is bark and has its own place among soft floor coverings; its origin in a tree does not make it a wood floor under this definition.