Shagbark Hickory.
Excellent heat, coals great, long burning, doesn't take 4 score and 7 years to season and it works great to cook over.
Lights easy, splits easy and minimal ash.
Try it, you'll like it.That's one that grows all around me but I've yet to get any of it.
Ash. Not the best BTU values perhaps, but it has a low moisture content when green so it's relatively light when splitting and stacking, splits easily, splinters aren't too nasty, has no offensive smells and it dries quickly. I live on a small urban lot, and there's nowhere to store three years worth of wood of a single species, so many of the higher-BTU woods are out.
Try it, you'll like it.
I've only got two shags on my land so I like to keep them for a while. Kinda like having money in a mason jar buried in the back yard. But when the time's right it's, timberrrrrrr!
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