Properties for different types of wood
Name | Rating | Heat Output | Easy to Burn | Easy to Split | Heavy Smoke | Sparks | BTUs per Cord | Type of Wood |
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Apple | Fair | Medium | No | No | Medium | Few | 17.6 | Hardwood |
Alder | Fair | Medium | Fair | Yes | Medium | Yes | 17.6 | Hardwood |
Ash Black | Excellent | Medium | Yes | Yes | No | No | 19.1 Mil | Hardwood |
Ash Green | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 20 | Hardwood |
Ash White | Excellent | High | Yes | Medium | Np | No | 23.6 | Hardwood |
Aspen | Fair | Low | Yes | Yes | Medium | No | 14.5 | Hardwood |
Basswood | Fair | Low | Yes | Yes | Medium | No | 12.6 | Hardwood |
Beech | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 21.8 | Hardwood |
Birch Black | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | Medium | 26.8 | Hardwood |
Birch Grey | Good | High | Yes | Yes | No | Medium | 20.3 | Hardwood |
Birch Paper | Fair | High | Medium | Medium | Medium | No | 20.8 | Hardwood |
Birch White | Good | High | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | 20.3 | Hardwood |
Birch Yellow | Excellant | High | Yes | Yes | No | Medium | 23.6 | Hardwood |
Box Elder | Fair | Medium | Medium | No | Medium | No | 18.3 | Softwood |
Buckeye Ohio | Fair | Low | Medium | Medium | No | No | 13.8 | Hardwood |
Catalpa | Fair | Low | Medium | No | Medium | No | 15.5 | Softwood |
Cedar White | Good | Medium | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | 17.5 | Softwood |
Cedar Western Red | Good | Medium | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | 17.5 | Softwood |
Cedar Eastern Red | Fair | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Yes | 17.1 | Softwood |
Cherry | Good | Medium | Yes | Yes | No | No | 18.5 | Hardwood |
Chestnut | Poor | Low | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Hardwood | |
Coffeetree Kentucky | Good | High | Medium | Medium | No | No | 21.6 | Hardwood |
Cottonwood | Fair | Low | Yes | Yes | Medium | No | 12.2 | Hardwood |
Cypress | Fair | Medium | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | Softwood | |
Dogwood | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 24.3 | Hardwood |
Elm American | Fair | High | Medium | No | Medium | No | 20 | Hardwood |
Elm Red | Good | High | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | 21.6 | Hardwood |
Elm Rock | Good | High | Medium | No | Medium | No | 23.5 | Hardwood |
Elm Siberian | Fair | High | Medium | No | Medium | No | 20.9 | Hardwood |
Firs True | Fair | Low | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | 19.5 | Softwood |
Fir Douglas | Good | High | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 21.4 | Softwood |
Gum Black | Fair | Medium | Medium | No | Medium | No | 18.1 | Hardwood |
Gum Sweet | Good | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | 18.7 | Hardwood |
Name | Rating | Heat Output | Easy to Burn | Easy to Split | Heavy Smoke | Sparks | BTUs per Cord | Type of Wood |
Hackberry | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 21.2 | Hardwood |
Hickory Bitternut | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 26.7 | Hardwood |
Hickory Shagbark | Excellent | High | Yes | Medium | No | No | 27.5 | Hardwood |
Ironwood (Hornbeam) | Excellent | Very High | Yes | No | No | Few | 24.7 | Hardwood |
Juniper | Good | Medium | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | 19.5 | Softwood |
Larch | Fair | Medium | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | 20.8 | Softwood |
Locust Black | Excellent | Very High | Yes | No | No | No | 26.5 | Hardwood |
Locust Honey | Excellent | High | Yes | Medium | No | No | 25.8 | Hardwood |
Madrone | Excellent | High | No | No | No | No | 30 | Hardwood |
Magnolia | Fair | Medium | Yes | Yes | No | No | 18 | Hardwood |
Maple Hard | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 29.7 | Hardwood |
Maple Soft | Good | Medium | Yes | Yes | No | No | 19.1 | Hardwood |
Mesquite | Good | High | Medium | No | Medium | No | Hardwood | |
Mulberry | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | Medium | No | 25.8 | Hardwood |
Oak Live | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 25 | Hardwood |
Oak Red | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 21.7 | Hardwood |
Oak White | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | 26.5 | Hardwood |
Pecan | Excellent | High | Yes | Yes | No | No | Hardwood | |
Pinion | Good | Medium | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | Hardwood | |
Pine Eastern White | Fair | Low | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | 15.8 | Softwood |
Pine Ponderosa | Fair | Low | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | 17 | Softwood |
Pine Southern Yellow | Good | High | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Softwood | |
Pine Sugar | Fair | Low | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | 15.8 | Softwood |
Pine Western White | Fair | Low | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | 15.8 | Softwood |
Poplar Yellow | Poor | Low | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | 16 | Hardwood |
Redwood | Fair | Medium | Medium | Yes | Medium | No | Softwood | |
Spruce | Poor | Low | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | 15.9 | Softwood |
Sycamore | Fair | Medium | Medium | No | Medium | No | 18.5 | Hardwood |
Tamarack | Fair | Medium | Yes | Yes | Medium | Yes | 20.8 | Softwood |
Walnut | Good | Medium | Yes | Yes | No | No | 20.3 | Hardwood |
Willow | Fair | Low | No | Yes | Fair | Fair | 14.5 | Softwood |