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Eastern hemlock in selection stand, in MU3 in September 1968
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU3
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Organisms: eastern hemlock
Location:
Description: Eastern hemlock in selection stand, in MU3 in September 1968
Date: Sep-68

Opening made 12 years ago, with balsam fir, eastern hemlock, and white pine seedlings up to 1 foot tall, 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
regeneration
Organisms: balsam fir
eastern hemlock
eastern white pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening made 12 years ago, with balsam fir, eastern hemlock, and white pine seedlings up to 1 foot tall, in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

11-inch dbh red maple and 23-inch dbh eastern hemlock marked to release 11-inch dbh red spruce, photo point #5 (permanent sample plot 6/1) 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
release
plot
photo point
Organisms: red maple
eastern hemlock
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 11-inch dbh red maple and 23-inch dbh eastern hemlock marked to release 11-inch dbh red spruce, photo point #5 (permanent sample plot 6/1) in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Eastern hemlock marked for cutting, 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
Organisms: eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock marked for cutting, in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

Eastern hemlock stand before cutting, two 14-inch dbh trees marked, 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: eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock stand before cutting, two 14-inch dbh trees marked, in MU13 on July 5 1956
Date: 7/5/1956

13-inch dbh eastern hemlock chemically debarked, 9-inch dbh spruce left, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU14 on July 5 1956
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU14
Compartment Management Study
selection system
personnel
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 13-inch dbh eastern hemlock chemically debarked, 9-inch dbh spruce left, photo point #2 (permanent sample plot 2/1) in MU14 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

Larger trees chemically debarked, 9-10 inch dbh spruce and eastern hemlock left, photo point #1 (permanent sample plot 3/5) 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
plot
photo point
Organisms: spruce
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Larger trees chemically debarked, 9-10 inch dbh spruce and eastern hemlock left, photo point #1 (permanent sample plot 3/5) in MU15 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

Spruce, eastern hemlock, paper birch up to 10 inches dbh, photo point #2 (looking southwest) 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
photo point
Organisms: spruce
eastern hemlock
paper birch
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Spruce, eastern hemlock, paper birch up to 10 inches dbh, photo point #2 (looking southwest) in MU4 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

Eastern hemlock tree showing the work of pileated woodpecker, hole was chiseled out to get an ants that infested the tree, in MU24 on May 24 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU24
Compartment Management Study
damage
wildlife
Organisms: eastern hemlock
pileated woodpecker
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Eastern hemlock tree showing the work of pileated woodpecker, hole was chiseled out to get an ants that infested the tree, in MU24 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

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

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

After cutting, looking across a yard cleared during the 1953 commercial clearcut, residual stand in background is eastern hemlock and hardwoods up to 8 inches dbh, red maple sprouts coming up in the cleared area, photo point #5 (south 55 degrees east) in MU8 on May 2 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU8
Compartment Management Study
commercial clearcut
logging
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: red maple
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: After cutting, looking across a yard cleared during the 1953 commercial clearcut, residual stand in background is eastern hemlock and hardwoods up to 8 inches dbh, red maple sprouts coming up in the cleared area, photo point #5 (south 55 degrees east) in MU8 on May 2 1955
Date: 5/2/1955

Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU10
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
plot
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
red maple
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Post-cut, 15-inch dbh eastern hemlock and 8-9 inch dbh red maple marked, leaving red spruce 4-11 inches dbh, photo point #1 (in permanent sample plot 2/4) in MU10 on August 2, 1954
Date: 8/2/1954

Opening made when eastern hemlock were cut 10 years ago, no regeneration, only ferns, photo point #5 in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: eastern hemlock
fern
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Opening made when eastern hemlock were cut 10 years ago, no regeneration, only ferns, photo point #5 in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954

Before cutting in eastern hemlock stand, in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
Organisms: eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Before cutting in eastern hemlock stand, in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954