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11-inch dbh red maple and 23-inch dbh eastern hemlock marked to release 11-inch dbh red spruce, photo point #5 (permanent sample plot 6/1) in MU13 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU13
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
release
plot
photo point
Organisms: red maple
eastern hemlock
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 11-inch dbh red maple and 23-inch dbh eastern hemlock marked to release 11-inch dbh red spruce, photo point #5 (permanent sample plot 6/1) in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

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

Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU10
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red maple
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
Date: 8/2/1954

7-inch dbh red spruce pruned and released by cutting 14-inch dbh red maple, in MU7 on July 27, 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
pruning
release
Organisms: red spruce
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 7-inch dbh red spruce pruned and released by cutting 14-inch dbh red maple, in MU7 on July 27, 1954
Date: 7/27/1954

Softwood stand, stumps of 13-inch red maple and 12-inch red spruce in center foreground, photo point #1 in MU9 on May 17 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU9
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: red maple
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Softwood stand, stumps of 13-inch red maple and 12-inch red spruce in center foreground, photo point #1 in MU9 on May 17 1954
Date: 5/17/1954

Mixed stand of eastern hemlock, red spruce, red maple, balsam fir, paper birch, and northern white-cedar, photo point #2 (looking north 55 degrees east across road) in MU7 on August 14 1952
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red spruce
red maple
balsam fir
paper birch
northern white-cedar
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Mixed stand of eastern hemlock, red spruce, red maple, balsam fir, paper birch, and northern white-cedar, photo point #2 (looking north 55 degrees east across road) in MU7 on August 14 1952
Date: 8/14/1952

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.
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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