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Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken N30E from photo station located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 19-59. Stand before 1955 cutting
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
paper birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken N30E from photo station located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 19-59. Stand before 1955 cutting
Date: 4/28/1955

Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken due N from photo station #3, located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 29-59. Stand before 1955 cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
paper birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken due N from photo station #3, located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 29-59. Stand before 1955 cutting.
Date: 4/28/1955

Arthur Hart in a dense stand of red spruce, in MU1 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Arthur Hart in a dense stand of red spruce, in MU1 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Arthur Hart in a red spruce stand after improvement cutting, peeled pulpwood trees on the ground, in MU12 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
logging
personnel
timber stand improvement
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Arthur Hart in a red spruce stand after improvement cutting, peeled pulpwood trees on the ground, in MU12 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Slow-growing red spruce regeneration in shade of dense stand, in MU17 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Slow-growing red spruce regeneration in shade of dense stand, in MU17 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Stanley Jones marking a 12-inch dbh red spruce for removal in a selection cutting, this tree has coarse branches and is forked at about 12 feet, making it undesirable growing stock, in MU17 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stanley Jones marking a 12-inch dbh red spruce for removal in a selection cutting, this tree has coarse branches and is forked at about 12 feet, making it undesirable growing stock, in MU17 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Bert Sussice felling 20" red spruce with chainsaw.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
personnel
equipment
chainsaw
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Bert Sussice felling 20" red spruce with chainsaw.
Date: 10/22/1952

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.
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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

After large white pines were cut about 40 years ago, these understory red spruce and balsam fir - and a few pines - occupied the site.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
second growth
post harvest
Organisms: white pine
red spruce
balsam fir
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: After large white pines were cut about 40 years ago, these understory red spruce and balsam fir - and a few pines - occupied the site.
Date: 1950

Hardwood seedlings are encouraged in less-dense stands of red spruce. The 1950 hurricane helped open the stand.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
blowdown
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: Hardwood seedlings are encouraged in less-dense stands of red spruce. The 1950 hurricane helped open the stand.
Date: 1950