Firewood Density - Hardest to Softest

Here is a list of the tree species commonly used for firewood.

Those at the top of the list are hardest and those toward the bottom of the list are the softest:

Ironwood

Rock Elm

Hickory

Oak

Sugar Maple

Beech

Yellow Birch

Ash Red

Elm

Red maple

Tamarack

Douglas fir

White birch

Manitoba

MapleRed

Alder

Hemlock

Poplar

Pine

Basswood

Spruce Balsam