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Calgary Firewood BTU Chart: Thermal Output of Firewood
What's the best wood to burn?
Calgary Firewood suggests burning locally sourced wood. The type of woodstove will also be a factor. properly cut lengths and a good mix of wood will provide maximum thermal efficiency. Generally speaking, you'll get best results burning the highest density (heaviest) hardwood with the highest BTU (available heat) content. Here are two charts, the first one organizing various species by BTU content ( 1 MBTU = one million btu), and the  second organizing the same species alphabetically for easy lookup.

  Chart A: Sorted by BTU Content
 Common Name Species Name Pounds
/Cord Mbtu's
/Cord
 Osage Orange (Hedge) Maclura pomifera 4,728 32.9
 Madrone, Pacific Arbutus menziesii 4,086 30.0
 Oak, Oregon (Garry) Quercus garryana 3,710 28.0
 Hickory, Shagbark Carya ovata 4,327 27.7
 Oak, Tanbark (Tanoak) Lithocarpus densiflorus 3,650 27.5
 Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood) Ostrya virginiana 4,267 27.3
 Beech, Blue (Ironwood) Carpinus caroliniana 3,890 26.8
 Birch, Black Betula lenta 3,890 26.8
 Locust, Black Robinia pseudoacacia 3,890 26.8
 Hickory, Bitternut Carya cordiformis 3,832 26.7
 Locust, Honey Gleditsia triacanthos 3,832 26.7
 Apple Malus domestica 4,100 26.5
 Persimmon, American Diospyros virginiana 4,180 26.4
 Myrtle, Oregon (Pepperwood) Umbellularia californica 3,450 26.1
 Mulberry Morus rubra 3,712 25.8
 Oak, White Quercus alba 4,012 25.7
 Oak, Live (Southern) Quercus virginiana 4,840 25.6
 Dogwood, Pacific Cornus nuttallii 4,025 24.3
 Beech, European Fagus sylvatica 3,757 24.0
 Maple, Sugar Acer saccharum 3,757 24.0
 Oak, Red Quercus rubra 3,757 24.0
 Ash, White Fraxinus americana 3,689 23.6
 Birch, Yellow Betula alleghaniensis 3,689 23.6
 Maple, Big Leaf Acer macrophyllum 3,000 22.7
 Juniper, Rocky Mtn Juniperus scopulorum 3,150 21.8
 Elm, Red Ulmus rubra 3,112 21.6
 Coffeetree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus 3.112 21.6
 Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 3,247 20.8
 Tamarack (Larch) Larix laricina 3,247 20.8
 Fir, Douglas Pseudotsuga 2,970 20.7
 Sourwood (Sorrel) Oxydendrum arboreum 3,060 20.4
 Birch, Gray Betula populifolia 3,179 20.3
 Birch, White (Paper) Betula papyrifera 3,179 20.3
 Walnut, Black Juglans nigra 3,192 20.2
 Cherry Prunus 3,120 20.0
 Ash, Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica 2,880 19.9
 Cherry, Black Prunus serotina 2,880 19.9
 Elm, American Ulmus americana 3,052 19.5
 Elm, White Ulmus laevis 3,052 19.5
 Elm, Russian (Siberian) Ulmus laevis 3,052 19.5
 Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis 3,008 19.5
 Ash, Black Fraxinus nigra 2,992 19.1
 Eucalyptus (Gum) Myrtaceae Eucalyptus 2,970 18.7
 Maple, Red Acer rubrum 2,924 18.7
 Boxelder Acer negundo 2,797 17.9
 Alder, Red Alnus rubra 2,710 17.2
 Pine, Jack Pinus banksiana 2,669 17.1
 Pine, Norway Pinus resinosa 2,669 17.1
 Pine, Red Pinus resinosa 2,669 17.4
 Pine, Pitch Pinus rigida 2,669 17.1
 Cedar, Eastern (Redcedar) Juniperus virginiana 2,660 17.1
 Catalpa Catalpa speciosa 2,360 16.4
 Hemlock Pinaceae tsuga 2,482 15.9
 Spruce, Black Picea mariana 2,482 15.9
 Pine, Ponderosa Pinus ponderosa 2,380 15.2
 Aspen, American (Poplar) Populus tremuloides 2,290 14.7
 Walnut, White (Butternut) Juglans cinerea 2,100 14.5
 Spruce Picea 2,100 14.5
 Willow Salix 2,100 14.5
 Fir, Balsam Abies balsamea 2,236 14.3
 Pine, White (Eastern) Pinus strobus 2,236 14.3
 Pine, White (Western) Pinus monticola 2,236 14.3
 Fir, Concolor (White) Abies concolor 2,104 14.1
 Basswood (Linden) Tilia 2,108 13.8
 Buckeye, Ohio Aesculus glabra 1,984 13.8
 Cottonwood (Poplar) Populus 2,108 13.5
 Cedar, White Thuja occidentalis 1,913 12.2
 
 
 
 Chart B: Sorted Alphabetically
 Common Name Species Name Pounds
/Cord Mbtu's
/Cord
 Alder, Red Alnus rubra 2,710 17.2
 Apple Malus domestica 4,100 26.5
 Ash, Black Fraxinus nigra 2,992 19.1
 Ash, Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica 2,880 19.9
 Ash, White Fraxinus americana 3,689 23.6
 Aspen, American (Poplar) Populus tremuloides 2,290 14.7
 Basswood (Linden) Tilia 2,108 13.8
 Beech, Blue (Ironwood) Carpinus caroliniana 3,890 26.8
 Beech, European Fagus sylvatica 3,757 24.0
 Birch, Black Betula lenta 3,890 26.8
 Birch, Gray Betula populifolia 3,179 20.3
 Birch, Yellow Betula alleghaniensis 3,689 23.6
 Birch, White (Paper) Betula papyrifera 3,179 20.3
 Boxelder Acer negundo 2,797 17.9
 Buckeye, Ohio Aesculus glabra 1,984 13.8
 Catalpa Catalpa speciosa 2,360 16.4
 Cedar, Eastern (Redcedar) Juniperus virginiana 2,660 17.1
 Cedar, White (Whitecedar) Thuja occidentalis 1,913 12.2
 Cherry Prunus 3,120 20.0
 Cherry, Black Prunus serotina 2,880 19.9
 Coffeetree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus 3.112 21.6
 Cottonwood (Poplar) Populus 2,108 13.5
 Dogwood, Pacific Cornus nuttallii 4,025 24.3
 Elm, American Ulmus americana 3,052 19.5
 Elm, Red Ulmus rubra 3,112 21.6
 Elm, White Ulmus laevis 3,052 19.5
 Elm, Russian (Siberian) Ulmus laevis 3,052 19.5
 Eucalyptus (Gum) Myrtaceae Eucalyptus 2,970 18.7
 Fir, Balsam Abies balsamea 2,236 14.3
 Fir, Concolor (White) Abies concolor 2,104 14.1
 Fir, Douglas Pseudotsuga 2,970 20.7
 Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 3,247 20.8
 Hemlock Pinaceae tsuga 2,482 15.9
 Hickory, Bitternut Carya cordiformis 3,832 26.7
 Hickory, Shagbark Carya ovata 4,327 27.7
 Hop Hornbeam (Ironwood) Ostrya virginiana 4,267 27.3
 Juniper, Rocky Mtn Juniperus scopulorum 3,150 21.8
 Locust, Black Robinia pseudoacacia 3,890 26.8
 Locust, Honey Gleditsia triacanthos 3,832 26.7
 Madrone, Pacific Arbutus menziesii 4,086 30.0
 Maple, Big Leaf Acer macrophyllum 3,000 22.7
 Maple, Red Acer rubrum 2,924 18.7
 Maple, Sugar Acer saccharum 3,757 24.0
 Mulberry Morus rubra 3,712 25.8
 Myrtle, Oregon (Pepperwood) Umbellularia californica 3,450 26.1
 Oak, Live (Southern) Quercus virginiana 4,840 25.6
 Oak, Oregon (Garry) Quercus garryana 3,710 28.0
 Oak, Red Quercus rubra 3,757 24.0
 Oak, Tanbark (Tanoak) Lithocarpus densiflorus 3,650 27.5
 Oak, White Quercus alba 4,012 25.7
 Osage Orange (Hedge) Maclura pomifera 4,728 32.9
 Persimmon, American Diospyros virginiana 4,180 26.4
 Pine, Jack Pinus banksiana 2,669 17.1
 Pine, Norway Pinus resinosa 2,669 17.1
 Pine, Pitch Pinus rigida 2,669 17.1
 Pine, Ponderosa Pinus ponderosa 2,380 15.2
 Pine, Red Pinus resinosa 2,669 17.4
 Pine, White (Eastern) Pinus strobus 2,236 14.3
 Pine, White (Western) Pinus monticola 2,236 14.3
 Sourwood (Sorrel) Oxydendrum arboreum 3,060 20.4
 Spruce Picea 2,100 14.5
 Spruce, Black Picea mariana 2,482 15.9
 Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis 3,008 19.5
 Tamarack (Larch) Larix laricina 3,247 20.8
 Walnut, Black Juglans nigra 3,192 20.2
 Walnut, White (Butternut) Juglans cinerea 2,100 14.5
 Willow Salix 2,100 14.5
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