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Table 1.
Timber properties of Victorian firewood species
Firewood Species Eucalyptus spp. Casuarina spp. Eucalyptus microcarpa Eucalyptus largiflorens Eucalyptus sideroxylon Eucalyptus melliodora Eucalyptus cladocalyx Eucalyptus polyanthemos Eucalyptus leucoxylon Eucalyptus goniocalyx Eucalyptus globulus Eucalyptus camaldulensis Eucalyptus macrorhyncha Eucalyptus sieberi Eucalyptus viminalis Eucalyptus radiata Eucalyptus rubida Eucalyptus obliqua Acacia spp. Eucalyptus regnans Callitris columellaris Pinus radiata Common name Mallee roots Belah, Buloke Grey Box Black Box Red Ironbark Yellow Box Sugar Gum Red Box Yellow Gum Long-leaved Box Blue Gum River Red Gum Red Stringybark Sivertop Ash Manna Gum Narrow-leaved Peppermint Candlebark Messmate Wattle Mountain Ash White Cypress Pine Radiata Pine Relative Heat Available/ Unit Volume (%) 100 100 100 98 97 95 95 94 90 89 83 81 80 77 76 73 70 69 63 60 60 45 Air-dry Density (kg/m3) 1121 1121 1105 1090 1090 1070 1060 1010 1010 927 915 890 865 855 820 785 771 705 673 673 512 Splitting Difficult Good Difficult Difficult Difficult Difficult Difficult Difficult Difficult Difficult Fair Difficult Good Good Good Excellent Good Good Excellent Excellent Good Fair Ignition Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor Fair Poor Good Good Good Good Good Good Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Sparks (spitting) Few Few Few Few Few Few Few Few Few Few Few Moderate Few Few Few Few Few Few Few Moderate Many Many Coals Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Good Good Excellent Good Good Good Good Fair Good Fair Fair Poor Poor
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