Incense Cedar

Calocedrus decurrens

Incense cedar firewood ignites easy and burns fast. This softwood often has straight splitting grain that makes it great for kindling. But since it’s a low density softwood with a low BTU, it is usually not the best choice for a wood stove or for home heating.

Incense Cedar firewood is aromatic and produces a fire that can crackle and pop when it burns, which makes a good atmosphere for open fireplaces and campfires. Just watch out when it pops because it can throw hot coals. Because of this a fireplace screen is recommended when you burn cedar in an open fireplace.

Like all cedars in North America, Incense Cedar is not a true cedar. It is more related to a cypress than a true cedar and Grows in Oregon California and a small part of Nevada in the Sierras.

Incense Cedar Firewood BTU Rating

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  1. Want to order reasonablely priced incense cedar.
    Taught at a private school in the cascades for a few years, untilb9-11 kinds screwed that up.
    I’m a retired zookeeper/elephant manager who retired to teach professionally. Didn’t work out em well.
    Currently working in theater for local 784, Wardrobe Union.
    Had my back broken by a elephant at 27, emergency surgery at 55, Keiser almost killed me, and left my with pulmonary embolisms.
    screw ‘em.
    I went backpacking that fall.
    I taught inner city teens wilderness skills for over 39 years. All my ribs ripped out by a rhino.
    I’m a disabled vet with PTSD.
    I don’t tell you this crap cause I’m lookin for sympathy or free shit, just a decent, fair deal.
    I van come up and load and haul the wood myself.
    Just want a fair price.
    I’d go some apple, cherry, peach, whatever you have.
    But I mostly want ceder and oak.
    I can help split and stack
    Paul Hunter 530 356 4090.

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