Firewood

Chop your own firewood and it will warm you twice. - African Proverb

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
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

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