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A 110-year-old stand of black spruce with occasional quaking aspen, burned in 1947. Note abundant growth of aspen root suckers around fire-killed aspen tree. Kenai Peninsula, 1950. Used as illustration, Fig. 11, pg. 35. USDA Tech Bull 1133, 1956.

imageID: 30490
Description: A 110-year-old stand of black spruce with occasional quaking aspen, burned in 1947. Note abundant growth of aspen root suckers around fire-killed aspen tree. Kenai Peninsula, 1950. Used as illustration, Fig. 11, pg. 35. USDA Tech Bull 1133, 1956.
Keywords: forest fires
benefits of fire control
injurious effects of fire
Photographer: Lutz, Harold J.
Original collection id: Oxford #: 435, negative #: WO477374
Original as submitted: 430_neg_1365_1369_435_neg_WO477364_neg WO477374.tif
Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Location: Alaska; Kenai
Date(yyyy): 1950
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Wright, Brenda E.; Plumb, Pauline; Wright, John; Biles, Frances E. 2021. Historical photographs from U.S. Forest Service research and development activities in Alaska. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0084


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