| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest hardwood |
| Organisms: | beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Predominance of beech with a mix of other hardwood species. Beech is present in all age classes. |
| Date: | 4/19/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest personnel |
| Organisms: |
beech maple yellow birch spruce |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Overstory of yellow birch, hard maple is being crowded out by beech in both overstory and ground cover. Note large dead birch directly beside me. Most of the few spruce are being suppressed by the beech. Initial stand photo taken facing N5E from a point 0.71 chains S36W of stake 88-22. Shafer in photo |
| Date: | 4/19/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: | pre-harvest |
| Organisms: |
red maple hemlock beech viburnum striped maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Predominantly hemlock wuth understory of beech and red maple. Ground cover of striped maple and viburnum that is heavily browsed. Photo taken facing N70W from a point 0.71 chains N32E of stake 88-23. |
| Date: | 4/19/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest suppression |
| Organisms: |
maple beech yellow birch |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Hard maple stems 2 to 3 feet in diameter are abundant but somewhat suppressed due to heavy beech, maple, yellow birch overstory. Photo taken facing S35W from a point 1.55 chains S45E of stake 86-19. |
| Date: | 4/11/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: | pre-harvest |
| Organisms: |
maple beech spruce |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Stems of many of the dominant maple and beech are of poor quality due to crown damage; beech and hard maple understory 2-8 inches in diameter; spruce undergrowth. Photo taken facing due west from a point 1.44 chains S19E of stake center 85-19. |
| Date: | 4/11/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest regeneration hardwood |
| Organisms: |
spruce hemlock beech striped maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Initial stand photo of northern hardwood stand taken facing N85W from a point 0.38 chains N45W of stake 85-20. Also predominance of hemlock and spruce. It's a transition zone between types with spruce reproduction coming in as well as beech and striped maple. |
| Date: | 4/11/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: | pre-harvest |
| Organisms: |
beech yellow birch maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Initial stand photo of northern hardwood stand taken facing S45W from a point 0.49 chains S30W of stake 86-20. Hardwoods that are dominant are of desirable quality - note large yellow birch; however large openings in the canopy have resulted in abundant beech in both pole and pulpwood sizes - note foreground of photo. |
| Date: | 4/11/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest hardwood |
| Organisms: |
beech maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | Initial stand photo of northern hardwoods taken facing N10E from a point 0.14 chains S75W of stake 86-21. Hard maple and beech overstory and scattered 2 and 3 foot tall beech and hard maple saplings. |
| Date: | 4/11/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest regeneration |
| Organisms: |
maple beech birch spruce hemlock |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 48 |
| Description: | This is a softwood overstory of spruce and hemlock with a hardwood understory of beech, birch, and maple all 2 to 4 inches in diameter. This photo is taken facing N80W from a point 1.2 chains N60W of stake 86-22. |
| Date: | 4/11/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest regeneration |
| Organisms: |
spruce yellow birch beech viburnum |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 47 |
| Description: | Initial stand photo of spruce-yellow birch stand with abundant beech and viburnum reproduction. Photo taken facing S80E from a poing 0.72 chains S20E of stake 83-18. |
| Date: | 4/4/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: | pre-harvest |
| Organisms: |
spruce yellow birch hemlock maple beech viburnum fir |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 47 |
| Description: | Merchantable yellow birch, spruce, hemlock, and hard maple overstory; understory predominantly beech; some fir in the intermediate position; ground cover mostly viburnum. Initial stand photo taken facing N40E from a point 0.45 chains N16E from stake 83-19. |
| Date: | 4/4/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest regeneration |
| Organisms: |
beech red maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 47 |
| Description: | Beech and red maple reproduction in northern hardwood stand. Taken facing S50E from a point 0.61 chains S33W if stake 85-18. |
| Date: | 4/4/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: | pre-harvest |
| Organisms: |
striped maple beech witch hobble hemlock yellow birch |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 47 |
| Description: | Initial stand photo of spruce-yellow birch stand with beech, striped maple, and witch hobble in the understory. Photo taken facing due west from a point 0.2 chains S14E of stake 86-17. |
| Date: | 4/4/1957 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: | reproduction |
| Organisms: |
beech maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 38 |
| Description: | Taken N22W from stake 35-43. Dense growth of beech and hard maple reproduction following heavy cutting about 1947. |
| Date: | 10/23/1956 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
reproduction hardwood personnel |
| Organisms: |
beech pine |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 38 |
| Description: | Taken 9 years after cutting. Taken due E from point 0.72 chains S58W from stake 34-46. Reproduction here is almost entirely beech. A. Misura in photo. |
| Date: | 10/23/1956 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: | hardwood |
| Organisms: |
beech maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 49 |
| Description: | Taken due north from stake 82-19. Same area in photo number 405 in March of 1957. |
| Date: | 5/15/1956 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel hardwood old growth |
| Organisms: |
yellow birch beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | The continuing decadence of yellow birch over 200 years old create openings favorable for beech and other tolerant hardwoods. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel hardwood |
| Organisms: |
beech yellow birch maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | A situation that is common in the Adirondacks: mature yellow birch and hard maple, with beech in a secondary position. In similar stands, cutting of the better hardwoods -- with only a limited market for beech -- has put beech in a dominant position. With the abundance of beech reproduction of all sizes, lack of hard maple of similar sizes, and the intolerance of the birch, it appears that beech can remain in possession of such sites for a long time. "Is this desirable or undesirable?" |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
gap personnel hardwood reproduction |
| Organisms: |
maple beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Large openings encouraged hard maple and beech reproduction. The large trees did not meet current standards of merchantability and were not wanted by the cutters 6 years earlier. Improving markets may permit harvest of some trees in the furture, but others are cull. "Can and should anything be done to help the better saplings? Would there be long-range benefits to compensate for investments made to improve the stand?" |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel stump post-harvest reproduction |
| Organisms: |
beech maple yellow birch |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | The same place after the first cut. Poor quality beech were poisoned 19 months earlier, and were debarked with frill and sodium arsenite for $4.13 per acre. It is anticipated that hard maple and yellow birch reproduction will have a better opportunity to become established without competition from the beech. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel reproduction |
| Organisms: |
beech maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | "On some spots beech were nearly all poisoned. We can compare the results with other compartments where varying numbers of beech were left. Hard maple advance reproduction is abundant here. It is about 14 inches high and 7 years old. Most of those about 3 feet high are beech. What will happen to them?" |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
post-harvest gap regeneration |
| Organisms: |
beech witch hobble |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | On higher ground, beech and witch hobble occupied some large openings 3 years after cutting. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel hardwood |
| Organisms: |
beech yellow birch maple |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | The natural area also contains stands of northern hardwoods. Here, beech have developed beneath large yellow birch and hard maple. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel hardwood old growth |
| Organisms: |
beech maple yellow birch |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Mature norther hardwoods containing many intermediate beech. In this stand ages of mature trees averaged; hard maple 235, yellow birch 218, and beech 230. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
regeneration hardwood post-harvest clearcut |
| Organisms: | beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Residual and second growth northern hardwoods on a "clearcutting". A large number of beech remain. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
old growth hardwood |
| Organisms: | beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | The control plot was not disturbed. Beech saplings can grow even under this dense overstory, but there are fewer beech seedlings than occur on the selection plot. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
selection hardwood |
| Organisms: |
maple beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Selection plot. Only understory trees benefiting from these light cuttings were beech. In larger openings, some hard maple saplings developed. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
suppression hardwood |
| Organisms: |
maple beech yellow birch witch hobble white ash |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Control plot. Under the dense hardwood overstory, few hard maple, yellow birch, or white ash seedlings developed beyond 12 inches high. Even the tolerant witch hobble and beech were much less abundant here than on the selection plot where they had more light. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel shelterwood browse |
| Organisms: |
deer maple yellow birch white ash beech witch hobble |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | The shelterwood plot was left with about 50 sq. ft. of basal area among overstory trees 6"+ d.b.h. This opening produced an abundance of hard maple, yellow birch, and white ash seedlings. Deer promptly came to "picnic" and have permitted few of these to grow beyond 12" high (snow provides some protection). Six years later these better hardwoods were growing well only within the protection of the deer exclosure. Severe browsing outside of it was benefiting the less-palatable beech and witch hobble. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel selection post-harvest |
| Organisms: |
beech witch hobble |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | The light cutting favoried the tolerant beeech and witch hobble, but did not the better hardwood seedlings. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
personnel clearcut browse |
| Organisms: |
deer yellow birch white ash maple beech red spruce |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest |
| Description: | Clearcut 18 years earlier, deer browsing has eliminated most yellow birch, white ash, and hard maple seedling. Less-palatable beech and red spruce continued to grow. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest personnel |
| Organisms: |
spruce yellow birch beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 45 |
| Description: | Image taken at coordinates 90-21; direction S80; distance 39 feet; with a bearing of N2W. Beech sapling and spruce reproduction in the understory. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest personnel |
| Organisms: |
spruce yellow birch beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 55 |
| Description: | Image taken at coordinates 71-22, direction S10W, distance 59 chains, with a bearing of S13W. Understory is pole size yellow birch and beech. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest Hardwood personnel |
| Organisms: |
maple yellow birch beech spruce |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 55 |
| Description: | Image taken at coordinates 70-22, direction N55W, distance 30 chains, with a bearing of S53E. Mature hard maple and yellow birch with sapling hard maple and beech understory. Suppressed spruce saplings. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest hardwood personnel |
| Organisms: |
maple beech spruce |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 55 |
| Description: | Image taken at coordinates 72-21, direction N52E, distance 40 links; with a bearing of S60E. Beech and hard maple saplings in half of photos. Overstory is hard maple and beech. Spruce is also scattered throughout this area as seen in the background. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest hardwood personnel cruise |
| Organisms: |
maple yellow birch beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 55 |
| Description: | Image taken at coordinates 73-21; direction S85E; distance 145ft; with a bearing of S48E. Hard maple and yellow birch with beech understory - many of the hardwoods that are to be cut as a result of treatment application, will be excellent growing stock quality. String in picture was used for 100% cruise. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive |
| Keywords: |
pre-harvest personnel |
| Organisms: |
spruce yellow birch beech |
| Location: | Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 55 |
| Description: | Image take at coordinates 73-21, direction S44E, distance 65 feet; with a bearing of N83E. Many of the spruce are of excellent quality and good growing stock but will be cut as a result of treatment reqirements. Mainly beech in the understory. |
| Date: | 1950 |