A little carpet remnant in that section would do really well. You would choose a colour that is in the basement floor (lighter is nicer) and put it down. I would not put a THIRD wood-look product in this area. There's too much of that right now anyway.

The other option: Sheet vinyl in a stone or tile appearance. Again you would match the basement flooring (perhaps a colour that looks nice with both the real wood and the faux wood).

Again, stay away from the wood look. Having 2-3 'woods' inside of 10ft is not something you want to do. It screams out 'didn't have enough so I patched my way through the job'. If you change visuals (and materials ie. carpet) then you can make it look like it was done on purpose.

Thank you so very much! I hadn’t even given the carpet idea a thought!
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this thoughtful response😘