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Wing Mountain Mistletoe Plot 3-B.

imageID: 10106
Description: Wing Mountain Mistletoe Plot 3-B.
Keywords: forest pathology
Organisms: mistletoe
Original collection id: 585
Media: Safety Negative 4 x 5
Collection: RMRS Archive Images
Quality: 3
Location: Wing Mountain; AZ; United States
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 03/20/1953
Comments: A. Ponderosa pine reproduction exposed to heavy barrage of mistletoe from infected overstory trees (stumps in foreground) for the first 20 years of its life. B. Pattern of infection in the area shown in A which developed in the reproduction. Of the infected seedlings plotted (10 years after the overstory had been removed) 93% were infected from the overstory trees and 7% had aquired mistletoe from their neighbors.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Forest Service Research Image Library. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/imagedb


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