First and foremost you should know that it is going to burn well.
Is hackberry a hardwood.
Expect to pay about 1 50 per board foot or less.
Although hackberry s commercial volume has steadily risen over the years don t expect to find it at a typical retail outlet.
Hackberry wood has an irregular grain that can sometimes be straight or interlocking and has a fine uniform texture.
This makes it a very popular hardwood for this specific purpose.
There is little difference between sapwood and heartwood which is yellowish grey to light brown with yellow streaks.
Not widely available outside its natural range hackberry is regularly harvested and sold as utility lumber at a modest price within its natural range.
Hackberry does shrink and swell in use when the humidity changes a little more than some hardwood species but not quite as much as oak or hard maple.
Is hackberry good firewood.
Hackberry trees can reach heights of 130 feet and 4 foot diameter.
Celtis occidentalis commonly known as the common hackberry is a large deciduous tree native to north america.
In fact it will work wonders for many individuals.
Hackberry might not be the best firewood you can find but it is far from the worst.
Hackberry has been reported to cause skin irritation.
Common hackberry sugarberry nettle tree beaverwood northern hackberry.
It is also known as the nettletree sugarberry beaverwood northern hackberry and american hackberry.
See the articles wood allergies and toxicity and wood dust safety for more information.
Hackberry is closely related to sugarberry celtis laevigata and is a member of the elm family.
But local mills within hackberry s range carry it and large hardwood suppliers can special order the wood.
Its btus fall short of prime hardwoods but hackberry logs rate higher on heat than most other soft wooded trees.
Used in inexpensive furniture where a light colored.
The common hackberry is easily distinguished from elms and.
In the all important heat department hackberry won t leave you lacking.
On good bottomland soils it grows fast and may live to 20 years.
The proof is the coals which keep wood stoves burning reliably through cold nights.
It is a moderately long lived hardwood with a light colored wood yellowish gray to light brown with yellow streaks.
Hackberry is planted as a street tree in midwestern cities because of its tolerance to a wide range of soil and moisture conditions.
Hackberry celtis occidentalis is a medium size tree that originated in north america hackberry wood has little difference between sapwood and heartwood which is yellowish grey to light brown.
