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Taken N10W from 45-9. Fir understory with red maple overstory. The red maple has been poisoned in Sept. 1954.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: farm forest
Organisms: fir
red maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 4
Description: Taken N10W from 45-9. Fir understory with red maple overstory. The red maple has been poisoned in Sept. 1954.
Date: 10/10/1955

After cutting taken toward PC (plot center) from a point 0.42 chains S53E of stake 66-27.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: post-harvest
Organisms: striped maple
red maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: After cutting taken toward PC (plot center) from a point 0.42 chains S53E of stake 66-27.
Date: 6/10/1955

Eastern hemlock - hardwood stand before cutting, 9-inch dbh red maple and 12-inch dbh American beech marked for cutting, 14-inch dbh hemlock kept as future sawlog tree, balsam fir and beech regeneration, photo point #2 (on MU boundary behind permanent sample plot 1/1) in MU24 on May 24 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU24
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
plot
release
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red maple
American beech
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock - hardwood stand before cutting, 9-inch dbh red maple and 12-inch dbh American beech marked for cutting, 14-inch dbh hemlock kept as future sawlog tree, balsam fir and beech regeneration, photo point #2 (on MU boundary behind permanent sample plot 1/1) in MU24 on May 24 1955
Date: 5/24/1955

Looking north from photo station #4, near plot 20-58. This is in the area of 1950 blowdown. The area is poorly stocked, and brush and red maple reproduction are abundant. Stand before 2955 cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
blowdown
reproduction
Organisms: maple
red maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Looking north from photo station #4, near plot 20-58. This is in the area of 1950 blowdown. The area is poorly stocked, and brush and red maple reproduction are abundant. Stand before 2955 cutting.
Date: 5/10/1955

Looking north from photo station #3, near plot 20-58. This is in the area of 1950 blowdown. The area is poorly stocked, and brush and red maple reproduction are abundant. Stand shown before 1955 cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
blowdown
reproduction
Organisms: maple
red maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Looking north from photo station #3, near plot 20-58. This is in the area of 1950 blowdown. The area is poorly stocked, and brush and red maple reproduction are abundant. Stand shown before 1955 cutting.
Date: 5/10/1955

Looking northwest along the hollow from a point about 2 chains NE of plot 21-60. Overstory of red maple and deteriorating white birch with understory of spruce and fir. Red maple in foreground was poisoned in 1954, Stand before 1955 cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
Organisms: red maple
paper birch
red spruce
fir
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Looking northwest along the hollow from a point about 2 chains NE of plot 21-60. Overstory of red maple and deteriorating white birch with understory of spruce and fir. Red maple in foreground was poisoned in 1954, Stand before 1955 cutting.
Date: 5/10/1955

Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: northern white-cedar
red maple
paper birch
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

After cutting, area cleaned for "twin yards" during the 1953 commercial clearcut, a few red maple sprouts, photo point #4 (south 28 degrees east) in MU8 on May 2 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After cutting, area cleaned for "twin yards" during the 1953 commercial clearcut, a few red maple sprouts, photo point #4 (south 28 degrees east) in MU8 on May 2 1955
Date: 5/2/1955

After cutting, looking across a yard cleared during the 1953 commercial clearcut, residual stand in background is eastern hemlock and hardwoods up to 8 inches dbh, red maple sprouts coming up in the cleared area, photo point #5 (south 55 degrees east) in MU8 on May 2 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
logging
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: red maple
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After cutting, looking across a yard cleared during the 1953 commercial clearcut, residual stand in background is eastern hemlock and hardwoods up to 8 inches dbh, red maple sprouts coming up in the cleared area, photo point #5 (south 55 degrees east) in MU8 on May 2 1955
Date: 5/2/1955

Overstory of pine, white birch, and a few red maple. Taken N30E from photo station #2, located on knoll southeast of plot 20-61. Stand before cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
Organisms: pine
paper birch
red maple
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Overstory of pine, white birch, and a few red maple. Taken N30E from photo station #2, located on knoll southeast of plot 20-61. Stand before cutting.
Date: 4/28/1955

Before cutting in mixed stand. Balsam fir 7 inches, American beech 9 inches, red maple 10 inches, in MU23 on March 31 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
American beech
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in mixed stand. Balsam fir 7 inches, American beech 9 inches, red maple 10 inches, in MU23 on March 31 1955
Date: 3/31/1955

Pre cut, balsam fir, paper birch, red maple, beech, photo point #2 in MU23 on March 21 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
paper birch
red maple
beech
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre cut, balsam fir, paper birch, red maple, beech, photo point #2 in MU23 on March 21 1955
Date: 3/21/1955