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Energy content per air dried full cord, in 000s of BTUs.  The hardest species are at the top of the list.

Rock Elm

Shagbark Hickory

White Oak

Bitternut Hickory

Sugar Maple

Beech

Red Oak

Yellow Birch

Red Elm

White Ash

White Elm

Red Maple

Tamarack

Black Cherry

White Birch

Black Ash

Green Ash

Silver Maple

Manitoba Maple

Large Tooth Aspen

Hemlock

Trembling Aspen

Butternut

Balsam Poplar

White Pine

Basswood

White Cedar

White Spruce

Balsam Fir

32,000

30,600

30,600

29,200

29,000

27,800

27,300

26,200

25,400

25,000

24,500

24,000

24,000

23,500

23,400

22,600

22,100

21,700

19,300

18,200

17,900

17,700

17,400

17,260

17,100

17,000

16,300

16,200

15,500