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Sections from two balsam fir trees, section on left is from tree released 10 years ago (grew 4.5 inches from a dbh of 6.5 inches in 1944 to 11.0 inches in 1954), section on right shows last 10 years of growth of tree that was not released (grew 0.6 inches in dbh in the last decade), on June 28 1954

imageID: 29170
Description: Sections from two balsam fir trees, section on left is from tree released 10 years ago (grew 4.5 inches from a dbh of 6.5 inches in 1944 to 11.0 inches in 1954), section on right shows last 10 years of growth of tree that was not released (grew 0.6 inches in dbh in the last decade), on June 28 1954
Keywords: release
Organisms: balsam fir
Photographer: A. C. Hart
Original collection id: L-23
Media: black and white print
Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Quality: 4
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 7/28/1954
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Kenefic, Laura S.; Allogio, Jeanette A.; Ziegra, Carolyn G.; Rhodeland, Amelia J.; Anand, Varun A. 2021. Penobscot Experimental Forest historical photo archive: Research and operations from the 1950s through the 1980s. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0090


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