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Red spruce in MU7B in February 1958
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7B
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Red spruce in MU7B in February 1958
Date: Feb-58

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

Northern white-cedar stand with red spruce and eastern hemlock, no regeneration, photo point #8 (20 feet from center of permanent sample plot 4/3) in MU32 on September 27, 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU32
reference
plot
photo point
Organisms: red spruce
eastern hemlock
northern white-cedar
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Northern white-cedar stand with red spruce and eastern hemlock, no regeneration, photo point #8 (20 feet from center of permanent sample plot 4/3) in MU32 on September 27, 1955
Date: 9/27/1955

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

Maple saplings, 8-inch dbh eastern white pine, 7-inch dbh red spruce in foreground, American larch in background outside the plot, alder, winterberry, rhodora, meadow-sweet, leather-leaf, sweet gale, and cinnamon fern in the foreground, photo point #3 (20 feet from center of permanent sample plot 1/1, facing outside the plot (north)) in MU32 on September 27 1955
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU32
reference
plot
photo point
Organisms: maple
eastern white pine
red spruce
American larch
alder
winterberry
rhodora
meadow-sweet
leather-leaf
sweet gale
cinnamon fern
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Maple saplings, 8-inch dbh eastern white pine, 7-inch dbh red spruce in foreground, American larch in background outside the plot, alder, winterberry, rhodora, meadow-sweet, leather-leaf, sweet gale, and cinnamon fern in the foreground, photo point #3 (20 feet from center of permanent sample plot 1/1, facing outside the plot (north)) 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

Looking northwest along the hollow from a point about 2 chains NE of plot 21-60. Overstory of red maple and deteriorating white birch with understory of spruce and fir. Red maple in foreground was poisoned in 1954, Stand before 1955 cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
Organisms: red maple
paper birch
red spruce
fir
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Looking northwest along the hollow from a point about 2 chains NE of plot 21-60. Overstory of red maple and deteriorating white birch with understory of spruce and fir. Red maple in foreground was poisoned in 1954, Stand before 1955 cutting.
Date: 5/10/1955

Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken N30E from photo station located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 19-59. Stand before 1955 cutting
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
paper birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken N30E from photo station located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 19-59. Stand before 1955 cutting
Date: 4/28/1955

Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken due N from photo station #3, located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 29-59. Stand before 1955 cutting.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: pre-harvest
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
paper birch
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 14
Description: Dense stand of red spruce and white birch poles. Much of the birch was poisoned in 1954. G. Lavoy in photo. Taken due N from photo station #3, located 2.3 chains S76W from plot stake 29-59. Stand before 1955 cutting.
Date: 4/28/1955

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

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

Arthur Hart in a dense stand of red spruce, in MU1 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU1
Cutting Practice Level Study
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Arthur Hart in a dense stand of red spruce, in MU1 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Arthur Hart in a red spruce stand after improvement cutting, peeled pulpwood trees on the ground, in MU12 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
logging
personnel
timber stand improvement
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Arthur Hart in a red spruce stand after improvement cutting, peeled pulpwood trees on the ground, in MU12 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Slow-growing red spruce regeneration in shade of dense stand, in MU17 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Slow-growing red spruce regeneration in shade of dense stand, in MU17 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Stanley Jones marking a 12-inch dbh red spruce for removal in a selection cutting, this tree has coarse branches and is forked at about 12 feet, making it undesirable growing stock, in MU17 on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU17
Compartment Management Study
selection system
marking
personnel
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Stanley Jones marking a 12-inch dbh red spruce for removal in a selection cutting, this tree has coarse branches and is forked at about 12 feet, making it undesirable growing stock, in MU17 on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

Red spruce tree probably about 30 years old, under dense northern hardwood pole stand on July 28 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: regeneration
Organisms: red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Red spruce tree probably about 30 years old, under dense northern hardwood pole stand on July 28 1954
Date: 7/28/1954

7-inch dbh red spruce pruned and released by cutting 14-inch dbh red maple, in MU7 on July 27, 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU7
Farm Woodlot Study
selection system
pruning
release
Organisms: red spruce
red maple
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: 7-inch dbh red spruce pruned and released by cutting 14-inch dbh red maple, in MU7 on July 27, 1954
Date: 7/27/1954

Balsam fir regeneration 12 feet tall and 2 inches dbh in opening made about 12 years ago, photo point #2 (about 2 chains south of permanent sample plot 4/3) in MU10 on May 17 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU10
Compartment Management Study
selection system
plot
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: balsam fir
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Balsam fir regeneration 12 feet tall and 2 inches dbh in opening made about 12 years ago, photo point #2 (about 2 chains south of permanent sample plot 4/3) in MU10 on May 17 1954
Date: 5/17/1954

Softwood stand before cutting, 17-inch dbh red spruce and 15-inch eastern hemlock marked, photo point #3 (about 1.5 chains west of seed plot on cruise line between plots 4 and 5) in MU10 on May 17 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU10
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: red spruce
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Softwood stand before cutting, 17-inch dbh red spruce and 15-inch eastern hemlock marked, photo point #3 (about 1.5 chains west of seed plot on cruise line between plots 4 and 5) in MU10 on May 17 1954
Date: 5/17/1954

Softwood stand, stumps of 13-inch red maple and 12-inch red spruce in center foreground, photo point #1 in MU9 on May 17 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU9
Compartment Management Study
selection system
photo point
Organisms: red maple
red spruce
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Softwood stand, stumps of 13-inch red maple and 12-inch red spruce in center foreground, photo point #1 in MU9 on May 17 1954
Date: 5/17/1954