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Pre-cut balsam fir stand with 8-9 inch dbh fir marked, photo point #1 in MU13 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU13
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
personnel
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut balsam fir stand with 8-9 inch dbh fir marked, photo point #1 in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Heavy marking of balsam fir, 7-12 inches before cutting, in MU13, photo point #4 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU13
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
personnel
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Heavy marking of balsam fir, 7-12 inches before cutting, in MU13, photo point #4 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

8 and 10 inch dbh balsam fir marked, leaving 8 inch dbh eastern hemlock and a clump of 4 inch dbh spruce in MU14 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 8 and 10 inch dbh balsam fir marked, leaving 8 inch dbh eastern hemlock and a clump of 4 inch dbh spruce in MU14 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Large opening made about 12 years ago, bracken fern and raspberry with few spruce, balsam fir, or eastern hemlock seedlings, photo point #1 (near permanent sample plot 3/1) in MU14 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern hemlock
raspberry
bracken fern
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Large opening made about 12 years ago, bracken fern and raspberry with few spruce, balsam fir, or eastern hemlock seedlings, photo point #1 (near permanent sample plot 3/1) in MU14 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Opening seeding in to balsam fir, eastern hemlock, red maple, and American beech, photo point #4 (between old woods road and MU14 boundary) in MU15 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU15
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
personnel
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
red maple
American beech
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening seeding in to balsam fir, eastern hemlock, red maple, and American beech, photo point #4 (between old woods road and MU14 boundary) in MU15 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Balsam fir saplings in foreground, 10-inch dbh spruce and eastern hemlock in background, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/2, west of gravel road, south of woods road looking north) in MU4 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU4
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
personnel
plot
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
spruce
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir saplings in foreground, 10-inch dbh spruce and eastern hemlock in background, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/2, west of gravel road, south of woods road looking north) in MU4 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Dense mature eastern hemlock stand, trees are 8-12 inches dbh, one red spruce on right is 12 inches dbh, big eastern white pine in background (on the edge of permanent sample plot 3/2), a few small balsam fir seedlings, photo point #5 (on cruise line 3 midway between plots 2 and 3) in MU32 on September 27, 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU32
reference
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red spruce
eastern white pine
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Dense mature eastern hemlock stand, trees are 8-12 inches dbh, one red spruce on right is 12 inches dbh, big eastern white pine in background (on the edge of permanent sample plot 3/2), a few small balsam fir seedlings, photo point #5 (on cruise line 3 midway between plots 2 and 3) in MU32 on September 27, 1955
Date: 9/27/1955

Eastern white pine stand with balsam fir understory (1-3 inches dbh), three pines in foreground are 10-12 inches dbh, the red pine is 10-11 inches dbh, there are four white pines in the background, photo point #2 (0.7-chain from swamp sub-compartment, boundary, and along cruise line 1) in MU32 on September 27 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU32
reference
photo point
Organisms: eastern white pine
balsam fir
red pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern white pine stand with balsam fir understory (1-3 inches dbh), three pines in foreground are 10-12 inches dbh, the red pine is 10-11 inches dbh, there are four white pines in the background, photo point #2 (0.7-chain from swamp sub-compartment, boundary, and along cruise line 1) in MU32 on September 27 1955
Date: 9/27/1955

Young balsam fir with a few aspen and red spruce, photo point #1 (8 feet from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU32 on September 27 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU32
reference
plot
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
aspen
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Young balsam fir with a few aspen and red spruce, photo point #1 (8 feet from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU32 on September 27 1955
Date: 9/27/1955

Patch of raspberry with a few spruce and balsam fir seedlings, photo point #6 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU23 on May 24 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
raspberry
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Patch of raspberry with a few spruce and balsam fir seedlings, photo point #6 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU23 on May 24 1955
Date: 5/24/1955

Eastern hemlock - hardwood stand before cutting, 9-inch dbh red maple and 12-inch dbh American beech marked for cutting, 14-inch dbh hemlock kept as future sawlog tree, balsam fir and beech regeneration, photo point #2 (on MU boundary behind permanent sample plot 1/1) in MU24 on May 24 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU24
Compartment Management Study
diameter-limit cut
marking
plot
release
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red maple
American beech
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock - hardwood stand before cutting, 9-inch dbh red maple and 12-inch dbh American beech marked for cutting, 14-inch dbh hemlock kept as future sawlog tree, balsam fir and beech regeneration, photo point #2 (on MU boundary behind permanent sample plot 1/1) in MU24 on May 24 1955
Date: 5/24/1955

Balsam fir saplings in an opening, photo point #2 (one-half chain from southwest boundary between cruise lines 1 and 2, tripod legs half extended) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir saplings in an opening, photo point #2 (one-half chain from southwest boundary between cruise lines 1 and 2, tripod legs half extended) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Old clearing with balsam fir and eastern hemlock regeneration, one cull hemlock treated and two hemlock to be removed in a selection cutting, four pole-size spruce trees, photo point #5 (along the road 2.3 chains beyond permanent sample plot center post) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Old clearing with balsam fir and eastern hemlock regeneration, one cull hemlock treated and two hemlock to be removed in a selection cutting, four pole-size spruce trees, photo point #5 (along the road 2.3 chains beyond permanent sample plot center post) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
regeneration
plot
photo point
Organisms: northern white-cedar
red maple
paper birch
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Northern white-cedar stand on low ground with balsam fir regeneration, a red maple and a paper birch are marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #1 (south 60 degrees west, 1.8 chains from center of permanent sample plot 1/3) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Spruce - eastern hemlock stand, some hemlock to be cut, cull maple, balsam fir thicket behind two hemlock marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #4 (near permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU17 on May 6 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
spruce
maple
balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce - eastern hemlock stand, some hemlock to be cut, cull maple, balsam fir thicket behind two hemlock marked for removal in a selection cutting, photo point #4 (near permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU17 on May 6 1955
Date: 5/6/1955

Pre cut balsam fir, 7-11 inches marked, in MU23 on March 31 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre cut balsam fir, 7-11 inches marked, in MU23 on March 31 1955
Date: 3/31/1955

Pre cut balsam fir and red spruce stand. Fir are dying from top. Marked 8-11" fir, leaving 5-7" spruce, in MU23 on March 31 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
marking
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre cut balsam fir and red spruce stand. Fir are dying from top. Marked 8-11" fir, leaving 5-7" spruce, in MU23 on March 31 1955
Date: 3/31/1955

Before cutting in mixed stand. Balsam fir 7 inches, American beech 9 inches, red maple 10 inches, in MU23 on March 31 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
personnel
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
American beech
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in mixed stand. Balsam fir 7 inches, American beech 9 inches, red maple 10 inches, in MU23 on March 31 1955
Date: 3/31/1955

Pre cut, balsam fir, paper birch, red maple, beech, photo point #2 in MU23 on March 21 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
paper birch
red maple
beech
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre cut, balsam fir, paper birch, red maple, beech, photo point #2 in MU23 on March 21 1955
Date: 3/21/1955

Before cutting in 55-year old balsam fir stand. Trees range in size up to 11 inches dbh, in MU23 on March 21 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU23
Compartment Management Study
shelterwood system
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in 55-year old balsam fir stand. Trees range in size up to 11 inches dbh, in MU23 on March 21 1955
Date: 3/21/1955