Least Favorite Tree:
I've come to loathe basswood. I hate that type of tree. They're ratty....constantly dropping shit....dead branches....their little pollen thingys. They're a low density wood yet don't burn worth a shit. Basswood firewood is like trying to burn wet sponges, when they're dry. They're pulpy. They're gross.
Honorable Mention:
Elm. Elm is way overhyped as a tree. Sure, it made for some nice cover down city avenues before Dutch elm, and morels like to grow off them, but when making a fire using elm....well, it smells like cat piss.
Honorable Mention for being Underrated:
Silver Maple. Yes, they drop a lot of shit but it happens quickly. They grow huge and are extremely strong and whippy. In 2013 there was a June thunderstorm that left me without power for two and a half days when I lived in South Minneapolis....yes, Minneapolis....it wasn't like I was out in the country. Elm trees on my block toppled and crushed cars. The big silver maple in my backyard dropped nary a branch and continued to shade my house in that summer and many after, and is providing shade to the new owners to this very day. Oddly enough my gay neighbors and my dad were always wanting me to chop it down. Not sure about the gays, but my dad seemingly wants to chop every tree on every property down, but his own. You go into the woods with him and start burning shit and he thinks you're altering the natural state of things.....