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Looking through an opening cut in a paper birch stand (slope exposure S 45 W, gradient 26%) across a small valley to a poor black spruce muskeg forest (slope exposure N 25 E, gradient of 50%). Permafrost was encountered at a depth of 8 inch.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Fairbanks; Deadwood Creek
Description: Looking through an opening cut in a paper birch stand (slope exposure S 45 W, gradient 26%) across a small valley to a poor black spruce muskeg forest (slope exposure N 25 E, gradient of 50%). Permafrost was encountered at a depth of 8 inch.
Date: 6/27/1957

Pure quaking aspen stand in which the dominants are 3 to 4 inches d.b.h., 40 to 50 feet in height and 30 years old. On a slope having an exposure of S 20 W and a gradient of 15%. Near Ester, Fairbanks district.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Fairbanks; Ester
Description: Pure quaking aspen stand in which the dominants are 3 to 4 inches d.b.h., 40 to 50 feet in height and 30 years old. On a slope having an exposure of S 20 W and a gradient of 15%. Near Ester, Fairbanks district.
Date: 6/20/1957

A balsam poplar-white spruce stand. The oldest poplars are 200 years of age and 30 inches d.b.h. and 75 feet tall. The oldest white spruce trees are over 105 years of age, 13 inches d.b.h. and 70 feet tall. On Matanuska River, near Palmer, 1951. Used as...
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Matanuska River
Description: A balsam poplar-white spruce stand. The oldest poplars are 200 years of age and 30 inches d.b.h. and 75 feet tall. The oldest white spruce trees are over 105 years of age, 13 inches d.b.h. and 70 feet tall. On Matanuska River, near Palmer, 1951. Used as...
Date: 1951

View of the Copper River Valley, showing a mosaic of forest types, white spruce, quaking aspen, and willow. This pattern reflects the complex fire history of the area. Used as illustration, Fig. 2, Pg. 5 USDA Tech. Bull. 1133 March, 1956.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Copper River
Description: View of the Copper River Valley, showing a mosaic of forest types, white spruce, quaking aspen, and willow. This pattern reflects the complex fire history of the area. Used as illustration, Fig. 2, Pg. 5 USDA Tech. Bull. 1133 March, 1956.
Date: 1951

Climax white spruce forest along the Nelchina River, marked by eroding bluffs. Along Glenn Highway, at mile 143, looking eastward. 1951. Used as illustration, Fig. 18, Pg. 57 USDA Tech. Bull. 1133 March, 1956.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Glenn Highway; Nelchina River
Description: Climax white spruce forest along the Nelchina River, marked by eroding bluffs. Along Glenn Highway, at mile 143, looking eastward. 1951. Used as illustration, Fig. 18, Pg. 57 USDA Tech. Bull. 1133 March, 1956.
Date: 1951

A quaking aspen-white spruce-black spruce stand approximately 65 years of age. The dominant quaking aspen trees are 6-8" dbh & the spruce trees, which appear in understory, are 2-3 inches dbh & 15-20 feet in height.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska
Description: A quaking aspen-white spruce-black spruce stand approximately 65 years of age. The dominant quaking aspen trees are 6-8" dbh & the spruce trees, which appear in understory, are 2-3 inches dbh & 15-20 feet in height.
Date: 1950

An excellent pole stand of Alaska white birch w/an understory of white spruce.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Interior
Description: An excellent pole stand of Alaska white birch w/an understory of white spruce.
Date: 1950

A 65-year-old quaking aspen stand with an understory of black spruce and white spruce. The dominants are 4 to 9 inches d.b.h. and 45 to 50 feet tall. The spruce trees in the understory are 2 to 4 inches d.b.h. and 25 to 30 feel tall. Arrows point to aspen.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska
Description: A 65-year-old quaking aspen stand with an understory of black spruce and white spruce. The dominants are 4 to 9 inches d.b.h. and 45 to 50 feet tall. The spruce trees in the understory are 2 to 4 inches d.b.h. and 25 to 30 feel tall. Arrows point to aspen.
Date: 1950

A 65-year-old quaking aspen stand. The dominants are 6 to 11 inches d.b.h. and 65 feet tall. A light surface fire killed all understory white spruce in 1947. Kenai Peninsula, 1950. Used as illustration, Fig. 8, Pg. 25 USDA Tech. Bull. 1133 March, 1956. Pl.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types
ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Kenai
Description: A 65-year-old quaking aspen stand. The dominants are 6 to 11 inches d.b.h. and 65 feet tall. A light surface fire killed all understory white spruce in 1947. Kenai Peninsula, 1950. Used as illustration, Fig. 8, Pg. 25 USDA Tech. Bull. 1133 March, 1956. Pl.
Date: 1950

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