Type of Wood

Heat Output

Easy to Burn

Easy to Split

Heavy Smoke

Ash Black
Ash Green
Ash White
Red Oak
White Oak
Live Oak
Beech
Beech Blue
Birch Black

Medium
High
High
High
High
High
High
High
High

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Medium
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

No
No
Np
No
No
No
No
No
No

Birch Grey

High

Yes

Yes

No

Birch Paper
Birch White

High
High

Medium
Medium

Medium
Medium

Medium
Medium

Birch Yellow

High

Yes

Yes

No

Box Elder
Buckeye Ohio
Butternut
Catalpa
Cedar Eastern Red
Coffeetree
Kentucky
Hickory Bitternut
Hickory Shagbark
Hard Maple
Pecan
Dogwood
Soft Maple
Cherry
Black Cherry
Walnut
Elm American
Elm Red
Elm Rock
Elm Siberian
Hackberry
Sycamore
Gum Black
Gum Sweet

Medium
Low
Low
Low
Medium
High

Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium

No
Medium
Yes
No
Medium
Medium

Medium
No
Medium
Medium
Medium
No

High
High
High
High
High
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
High
High
High
High
High
Medium
Medium
Medium

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Yes
Medium
Medium
Medium

Yes
Medium
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
Medium

No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
No
Medium
Medium
Medium

Mesquite
Aspen

High
Low

Medium
Yes

No
Yes

Medium
Medium

Basswood
Cottonwood
Chestnut
Yellow Poplar
Southern Yellow
Pine
Douglas Fir
Cypress
Redwood
White Cedar
Western Red
Cedar
Mulberry
Eastern Red Cedar
Juniper
Piinon
Eastern White Pine
Western White
Pine
Sugar Pine
Ponderosa Pine
True Firs
Tamarack
Larch
Spruce
Alder
Apple
Ironwood
(Hornbeam)
Black Locust
Honey Locust
Magnolia
Madrone
Willow

Low
Low
Low
Low
High

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Yes

High
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium

Yes
Medium
Medium
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium

High
Medium
Medium
Medium
Low
Low

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Medium
Medium

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium

Low
Low
Low
Medium
Medium
Low
Medium
Medium
Very
High
Very
High
High
Medium
High
Low

Medium
Medium
Medium
Yes
Yes
Yes
Fair
No
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
Medium
No

Yes

No

No

Yes
Yes
No
No

Medium
Yes
No
Yes

No
No
No
Fair

Sparks

BTUs per Cord

Rating

No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No

19.1 Mil

Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent

Medium

20
23.6
21.7
26.5
25
21.8
26.8
26.8

Medium

20.3 Good

Medium

20.8 Fair
20.3 Good

Medium

23.6 Excellant

No

No
No
No
No
Yes
No

18.3
13.8
14.5
15.5
17.1
21.6

Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Good

No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Mediu
m
No
No

26.7 Excellent
27.5 Excellent
29.7 Excellent
Excellent
24.3 Excellent
19.1 Good
18.5 Good
18.6 Good
20.3 Good
20 Fair
21.6 Good
23.5 Good
20.9 Fair
21.2 Excellent
18.5 Fair
18.1 Fair
18.7 Good
Good
14.5 Fair

No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes

12.6 Fair
12.2 Fair
Poor
16 Poor
Good

Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes

21.4 Good
Fair
Fair
17.5 Good
17.5 Good

No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No

25.8 Excellent
17.5 Good
Good
Good
15.8 Fair
15.8 Fair

No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Few
Few

15.8
17
19.5
20.8
20.8
15.9
17.6
17.6
24.7

No

26.5 Excellent

No
No
No
Fair

25.8
18
30
14.5

Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Poor
Fair
Fair
Excellent

Excellent
Fair
Excellent
Fair