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Good info above - one thing I'd add is that lots of times the wood in lumberyards may appear to be arrow straight and without cups/crooks/bows but when you get it home and start to work it a few days later it looks like a hockey stick - one thing you can and should do is let wood acclimate to the environment in which it will be used for a week or two (especially critical with flooring materials) if you find that specific pieces of lumber have developed bad flaws, then at least it is before you do the installation - if you bought from a home center and have not returned it, you can even do exchanges (note that HD and Lowes often carries lumber that would otherwise not be saleable at a real lumberyard)
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