460Ted:
If you burn your stove hot enough regularly, creosote from any wood is not an issue. (Caveat; flue length can be too long to make this accurate).
I've burned Lodgepole (aka Black or Jack) Pine for years and I don't ever have to clean my flue. This is if your wood is dry and you burn your stove hot enough periodically. I've gone up with a brush and cleaned my flue every couple years out of guilt, but still no creosote build-up.
Also of concern is the amount of ash that builds up. A wood like Juniper is not only messy before it makes it into the stove, but you get to clean your stove more often.
Cedar and Juniper smell nice, and that is of minor importance, but a thought. (Cedar - not much heat).
A pioneer using a wood cook stove would use pine to get the heat up quickly and then go with oak for oven needs.
Don't split all your wood, rounds last better overnight for keeping a fire. That is true on most airflow settings.
Your kindling can be a pitch soaked pine or a very dry cedar and your main wood fuel a hardwood.
Very dry wood: less pollution, more heat, easier to ignite.
Or you could just go watch a rotten log. The rotting of wood is very very similar to the burning of wood. Time is the primary difference.
