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Spruce-fir initial stand photo. Taken facing S70E 0.55 chains due east of stake 73-19. Snow depth 6 to 9 inches. Lack of sawtimber, mostly 3 to 4 inch fir and yellow birch understory with a few mature helock, spruce, and yellow birch in overstory.

imageID: 36914
Description: Spruce-fir initial stand photo. Taken facing S70E 0.55 chains due east of stake 73-19. Snow depth 6 to 9 inches. Lack of sawtimber, mostly 3 to 4 inch fir and yellow birch understory with a few mature helock, spruce, and yellow birch in overstory.
Keywords: pre-harvest
Organisms: fir
yellow birch
hemlock
spruce
Photographer: Shafer
Original collection id: PSEF 421; 221.2-421
Media: Verichrome, 1/10 shutter speed, opening F 32
Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Quality: 4
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 54
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 3/22/1957
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Roach, Skylar K.; Buchanan, Anna G.; Kenefic, Laura S. 2025. Paul Smith Experimental Forest historical photo archive. 2025. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2025-0034

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