Which type of wood can be burnt in a wood stove?

I have had wood stoves for about 40 years or more

at the moment I'm limited to the type of wood available

Olive and almond mainly they are pruned every year or so in Spain

but when I owned my own mixed woodlands

I burnt mainly soft wood Norway spruce, Cyprus and larch

plus some hard wood trimmings left to dry out

under ventilated cover for two years

however I found that rowan {mountain ash}was virtually unburnable

holly will burn wet{popular as a Yule log at Christmas }

my advice burn what’s cheapest and available

sweep your chimney once a year it pays in the long run

if you leave it longer you get build up of tar etc

Almost any kind, as long as it's not treated or painted. But some types are better because they give more heat per volume of wood, and some kinds aren't desirable because they tend to leave more creosote than others. Hardwoods are best if you can get them but in some areas such as the Pacific Northwest where I live, hardwoods are not common and most people burn softwoods(conifers) because that's what there is. You can google terms like "properties of firewood" and find lists describing different woods and how they stack up(pardon the pun) as firewood.

More important, usually, than the exact type of wood is the fact that whatever it is, it must be properly seasoned before you burn it in a stove. That means you don't burn it until at least 6 months after the tree was taken down, and longer is better. If you are buying wood, ask around for a good supplier. Unfortunately it's all too common to find firewood for sale which isn't really ready to burn. That's fine if you're buying it in the spring and can stack it at home to dry properly. Not so good if you run short in February and have some delivered that turns out to be a bit too damp to burn immediately.

You can burn almost anything. But. . .

Painted wood will make nasty fumes, so give it a miss.

Unseasoned wood will burn slow and cool, and may not burn at all depending on which type you have.

So try and buy logs that have been seasoned (cut and left) for two years.

Softwood will burn hot but very quickly, so you will need a lot.

All hardwoods are not the same, some burn much better than others - the very best is ash. So try and get seasoned ash whenever you can. That's not too difficult as that's what most log suppliers sell.

You will probably need about 2 cubic metres for a typical winter. But logs are sold by the 'load' which can be pretty much anything, so check exactly what a 'load' is. You will also need quite a lot of kindling, which is small sticks of softwood designed to get the fire started.

You want seasoned hardwood. Hardwood burns longer and better. The link below is a list of hardwoods. Seasoning is letting the split wood sit so it drys. The longer it's seasoned the better it is for burning. That is why a wood shed is good. It lets the wood dry from the sun and wind and keeps the rain and snow off the wood. You buy the wood by the cord cut and split or you can buy logs if you want to cut and split them yourself. Obviously there is a difference in price

http://www.am-wood.com/wood/woodlist.html

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any wood except tanalized

seasoned 3 month or older Oak or Cherry.

More heat less soot.

Any that is dry.

any that is dry.