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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

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 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

Pre-cut, spruce 6-8 inches dbh, balsam fir 4-12 inches dbh, eastern white pine 12 inches dbh by axe, seedlings of pine, eastern hemlock, spruce, and fir, photo point #1 (looking east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
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Collection: Penobscot Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: MU12
Compartment Management Study
selection system
regeneration
photo point
Organisms: spruce
balsam fir
eastern white pine
eastern hemlock
Location: Penobscot Experimental Forest; Maine
Description: Pre-cut, spruce 6-8 inches dbh, balsam fir 4-12 inches dbh, eastern white pine 12 inches dbh by axe, seedlings of pine, eastern hemlock, spruce, and fir, photo point #1 (looking east) in MU12 on July 16 1954
Date: 7/16/1954