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Originally Posted by Tania
Glenn, I wish I knew the answer to your question. From what I understand, it does not matter too much, as long as you avoid the wood with allelopathic properties (i.e. black walnut). Some woods also take forever to break down (like cedar), so if you want a fast decomposition, it should also be avoided.
I think the overall guideline is to use what is easily available in your area. Unfortunately here it is conifer-dominant (hemlock, pine, fir, cedar) forest, so 90% of the chips are coming from these trees. We only had 2 truck loads where maple and cottonwood was mixed in. The rest are all conifers, including cedar.
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Tatiana, I believe what I am getting are ramial wood chips consisting of Maple, Oak, Birch and Pine. I did find an article that didn't go into too much detail about which wood would create the most fertility but they did go into detail about the ramial wood chips being the most beneficial in building humus. I'm going to try to find it again and post the link.
Glenn