| The best wood for fire depends on what kind of fire | | | | long period of time. Or if you have a campfire and |
| you want and what you are trying to accomplish. | | | | want a nice bed of coals dense hardwoods make an |
| Whether you are burning in a wood stove, a fireplace | | | | excellent choice. |
| or a campfire the type of wood that will be best can | | | | Softwoods being less dense have less heat energy |
| be different so it's not an easy question to answer. | | | | but they are easier to ignite and burn faster with a |
| Wood can be divided into two categories, hardwoods | | | | more intense flame. This makes softwoods good for |
| and softwoods. Hardwoods come from broadleaf | | | | kindling and starting fires. If you want quick intense |
| trees like oak, maple, hickory and birch. Softwoods | | | | heat from your wood stove softwoods can be an |
| come from conifers like fir, pine, cedar, redwood and | | | | excellent choice. Softwoods are also good for |
| spruce. | | | | campfires or an open fireplace if you want nice big |
| Hardwoods are typically more hard and dense than | | | | flames instead of coals. |
| softwoods but not always. Aspen, cottonwood and | | | | Both hardwood and softwood have advantages and |
| alder come from deciduous trees so they are | | | | disadvantages as wood for fire. I like to have a |
| technically hardwoods but they are softer than some | | | | mixture of both so I can have the best of both |
| softwoods like douglas fir. | | | | worlds. |
| The more heavy and dense a type of wood is the | | | | Learn more about different types of firewood and |
| more heat energy it will produce and will burn longer. | | | | the amount of firewood BTU or heat energy in |
| This makes dense hardwoods a great choice for a | | | | common firewood species. |
| wood stove to maintain a comfortable heat over a | | | | |