| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest personnel softwood suppression |
| Organisms: |
spruce hemlock fir |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 47 |
| Description: | Shafer in picture. Photo points up stagnated condition of pole size fir and spruce which has closed canopy completely; small hemlock are being crowded or suppressed in understory. There is little to no ground cover and note the fallen softwood at the foot of the figure, mortality apparently due to excessive suppression. Taken facing S20W from a point 0.6 chains S45E of stake 87-17. |
| Date: | 4/10/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
post-harvest hardwood personnel softwood |
| Organisms: | birch |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 35 |
| Description: | Taken N30W from a point 0.61 chains S30E from stake 59-35. Softwood understory under hardwoods on a former softwood area. Much of hardwood was poisoned 1953. A. Misura in photo. |
| Date: | 10/13/1955 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
softwood pre-harvest personnel |
| Organisms: | fir |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 4 |
| Description: | Taken due N from stake 46-10. Dense fir stand which developed following heavy softwood cut about 1900. A. Misura in photo. |
| Date: | 10/10/1955 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
old growth softwood personnel |
| Organisms: |
white pine red spruce balsam fir |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Overstory of 100-year-old white pine with dense understory of tolerant balsam fir and red spruce. This is typical in this vicinity. There is little opportunity for new white pines. These 100-year-old pines originated after an extremely hot fire burned heavy softwood slash. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel post-harvest softwood |
| Organisms: |
red maple red spruce |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | The compartment also contains smaller trees where only a few trees will be cut. These red maples and red spruce developed after a heavy softwood cut 40-50 years ago. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel softwood |
| Organisms: | balsam fir |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Upper slope balsam fir at 3,759 feet elevation. Growth is slow. At elevations 1,000 feet higher fir generally do not exceed 1/3 this site. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel post-harvest softwood |
| Organisms: | balsam fir |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | These fir came in after a softwood cutting about 40 years ago. |
| Date: | 1950 |