Chinese Pistache-- Any good as firewood?

[GoldField]

I have two dead Chinese Pistache trees and I was wondering if anyone knows whether these trees are any good for firewood?

Thanks in advance for any information regarding these trees.

 

[cumminstinkerer]

My thoughts are if its wood and you have it, it is firewood, but then i ain't picky, I burn whatever logs get dumped in my lot. about the only thing I will not mess with is willow, around here they take way to long to dry out and will rot before they are dry, otherwise I burn it all, the willow just gets burned with the bark and rotten stuff in a pile outside.

 

[SamT1]

We used to burn it when I lived in Kansas a few years. Pops a lot but has descent BTus. I think it’s a locust tree if you see that on a burn chart.

 

[GoldField]

Thanks for the replies. The Chinese Pistache is used in urban landscapes and has great fall colors. I just have never seen it listed as a firewood.

 

[dave kilbourne]

Chinese pistache wood is EXTREMELY difficult to split! Worse than sycamore or eucalyptus or any other wood I have attempted to convert into firewood.

 

[GoldField]

Chinese pistache wood is EXTREMELY difficult to split! Worse than sycamore or eucalyptus or any other wood I have attempted to convert into firewood.

I hand split 2+ cords of the Chinese pistache and I definitely earned every BTU it provided.
As a firewood it was decent, though given its density, I thought it would have been higher in BTUs. Definitely not in the same class as eucalyptus or almond as firewood.

It is a nice landscaping tree with its fall colors.