| WOOD | BTU/pound | BARK TYPE | BTU/pound |
|---|
| Bigleaf maple |
8,410 |
American beech |
7,993 |
| Black cottonwood |
8,800 |
American elm Ulmus americana |
7,385 |
| Cypress |
10,660 |
American sycamore Platanus occidentalis |
7,877 |
| Douglas-fir |
9,200 |
Balsam fir |
9,339 |
| Hickory |
9,360 |
Balsam fir Abies balsamea |
9,437 |
| Lodgepole pine |
8,600 |
Balsam (all varieties) |
9,100 |
| Oregon ash |
8,200 |
Beech |
7,640 |
| Oregon white oak |
8,110 |
Black cottonwood |
9,000 |
| Pitch pine |
12,230 |
Black gum Nyssa sylvatica |
8,412 |
| Ponderosa pine |
9,140 |
Black oak |
8,340 |
| Poplar |
9,630 |
Black spruce |
9,143 |
| Red alder |
8,000 |
Black spruce Picea mariana |
8,782 |
| Red oak |
9,360 |
Black tupelo |
8,102 |
| Redwood |
9,210 |
Black willow |
8,137 |
| Sitka spruce |
8,100 |
Black willow Salix nigra |
7,648 |
| Western hemlock |
8,620 |
Douglas-fir |
10,100 |
| Western red cedar |
9,700 |
Eastern cottonwood |
8,422 |
| White ash |
9,630 |
Eastern hemlock |
9,517 |
| White birch |
9,340 |
Eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis |
9,348 |
| White cedar |
9,070 |
Eastern white pine |
9,647 |
| White fir |
8,300 |
Elm (soft) |
7,600 |
| White oak |
9,510 |
Engelmann spruce |
8,830 |
| White pine |
9,610 |
Engelmann spruce Picea engelmannii |
8,820 |
| Yellow pine |
10,380 |
Green ash |
8,367 |
|
|
Jack pine |
9,393 |
|
|
Jack pine Pinus banksiana |
9,339 |
|
|
Loblolly pine |
9,320 |
|
|
Loblolly pine Pinus taeda |
9,400 |
|
|
Lodgepole pine |
9,382 |
|
|
Lodgepole pine Pinus contorta |
10,760 |
|
|
Longleaf pine |
9,290 |
|
|
Longleaf pine Pinus palustris |
9,130 |
|
|
Northern black cottonwood |
8,765 |
|
|
Northern red oak |
8,896 |
|
|
Northern red oak Quercus rubra |
8,383 |
|
|
Northern white oak |
7,536 |
|
|
Northern white oak Quercus alba |
7,450 |
|
|
Paper birch Betula papyrifera |
9,887 |
|
|
Pin oak |
8,883 |
|
|
Ponderosa pine |
9,616 |
|
|
Poplar |
8,810 |
|
|
Post oak |
6,773 |
|
|
Quaking aspen |
8,712 |
|
|
Quaking aspen Populus tremuloides |
8,897 |
|
|
Red alder |
8,760 |
|
|
Red alder Alnus rubra |
8,410 |
|
|
Red maple |
8,293 |
|
|
Red pine |
9,070 |
|
|
Red spruce |
8,630 |
|
|
Shagbark hickory |
8,423 |
|
|
Shortleaf pine |
9,319 |
|
|
Shortleaf pine Pinus echinata |
9,550 |