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Tip moth injury visible in needle length

imageID: 20910
Description: Tip moth injury visible in needle length
Keywords: study
Organisms: ponderosa pine
Photographer: W. J. Cribbs
Original collection id: 318865
Media: Black and white print
Collection: Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs
Quality: 3
Location: Fort Valley Exp. Forest; AZ; USA
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 08/12/1935
Comments: Cooperrider-Cassidy study. Shows typical sample of tip moth injury to leader. On a tree near Plot 137. Note difference in needle length on injured portions of leader and stunted growth of leader which normally would have equalled or exceeded in length the main laterals shown on both sides of leader.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0005


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