| Species | BTU’s per cord |
| Shagbark Hickory | 24,600 |
| Black Locust | 24,600 |
| Ironwood (Hardback) | 24,100 |
| Apple | 23,877 |
| Rock Elm | 23,488 |
| White Oak | 22,700 |
| Beech | 21,800 |
| Yellow Birch | 21,300 |
| Sugar Maple | 21,300 |
| Red Oak | 21,300 |
| White Ash | 20,000 |
| Black Walnut | 19,500 |
| White Birch | 18,900 |
| Black Cherry | 18,770 |
| Tamarack (Larch) | 18,650 |
| Red Maple | 18,600 |
| Green Ash | 18,360 |
| Pitch Pine | 17,970 |
| Sycamore | 17,950 |
| Black Ash | 17,300 |
| American Elm | 17,200 |
| Silver Maple | 17,000 |
| Red Spruce | 13,632 |
| Hemlock | 13,500 |
| Black Willow | 13,206 |
| Butternut | 12,800 |
| Red Pine | 12,765 |
| Aspen (Poplar) | 12,500 |
| White Pine | 12,022 |
| Basswood | 11,700 |
| Balsam Fir | 11,282 |
