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Balsam fir thicket on December 3 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: release
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir thicket on December 3 1958
Date: 12/3/1958

Balsam fir thicket on December 3 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: release
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir thicket on December 3 1958
Date: 12/3/1958

Gouty balsam fir top on left, normal balsam fir on right, buds just breaking, on June 3 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: damage
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Gouty balsam fir top on left, normal balsam fir on right, buds just breaking, on June 3 1958
Date: 6/3/1958

Balsam woolly aphid (adelgid) stem attack classified as heavy, on June 3 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
damage
Organisms: balsam fir
balsam woolly adelgid
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam woolly aphid (adelgid) stem attack classified as heavy, on June 3 1958
Date: 6/3/1958

Balsam woolly aphid (adelgid) stem attack, on June 3 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
damage
Organisms: balsam fir
balsam woolly adelgid
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam woolly aphid (adelgid) stem attack, on June 3 1958
Date: 6/3/1958

Balsam woolly aphid (adelgid) stem attack, on June 3 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
damage
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam woolly aphid (adelgid) stem attack, on June 3 1958
Date: 6/3/1958

Dense second-growth balsam fir (image used in silvics paper), in June 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Dense second-growth balsam fir (image used in silvics paper), in June 1958
Date: Jun-58

Balsam fir (photo used in silvics paper) in MU7B in February 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7B
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir (photo used in silvics paper) in MU7B in February 1958
Date: Feb-58

Balsam fir regeneration in opening east of swamp on Harper Drive in April 1957
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: personnel
regeneration
Organisms: balsam fir
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir regeneration in opening east of swamp on Harper Drive in April 1957
Date: Apr-57

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

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

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

Old pine stump in what is now a dense even-aged stand of spruce and balsam fir, just northeast of Seymour tote road about 2 and one-half chains from boundary of MUs 23 and 24, 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
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
pine
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Old pine stump in what is now a dense even-aged stand of spruce and balsam fir, just northeast of Seymour tote road about 2 and one-half chains from boundary of MUs 23 and 24, in MU24 on May 24 1955
Date: 5/24/1955

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