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Mistletoe Infection

imageID: 21767
Description: Mistletoe Infection
Keywords: lightning
sample plot
Organisms: ponderosa pine
mistletoe
Photographer: G. A. Pearson
Original collection id: 427523
Media: Black & White Print
Collection: Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs
Quality: 3
Location: Fort Valley Exp. Forest; AZ; USA
Date(mm/yyyy): 09/1943
Comments: Coconino Sample Plot S5; Sample Plot S5-3. A blackjack group in which nearly every tree is badly misteltoe infected. The tall one on left has also been stuck by lightning. Only one tree grew as much as 1" during the 3rd decade after cutting; during the 1st decade 8 of the 10 trees in the group grew 1" or more and 4 trees grew better than 1.5".
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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