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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

White spruce stand with dominats 13 to 17 inches d.b.h., height 85 to 100 feet, age 150 years. Permafrost, if present, more than 42 inches below the surface. Adjacent to O'Brien Creek, about 12 miles above its junction with the Fortymile River.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology: ecosystems
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; O'Brien Creek
Description: White spruce stand with dominats 13 to 17 inches d.b.h., height 85 to 100 feet, age 150 years. Permafrost, if present, more than 42 inches below the surface. Adjacent to O'Brien Creek, about 12 miles above its junction with the Fortymile River.
Date: 1957

White spruce-paper birch forest about 120 years old. The spruce with the aluminum holder at the base is 21.3 inches d.b.h. On well-drained land near Kasilof, Kenai Peninsula.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology: ecosystems
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Kenai Peninsula; Kasilof
Description: White spruce-paper birch forest about 120 years old. The spruce with the aluminum holder at the base is 21.3 inches d.b.h. On well-drained land near Kasilof, Kenai Peninsula.
Date: 1957

White spruce forest on a 22 per cent slope, S 45 degrees W exposure. Dominants are 10 to 16  inches d.b.h., 70 to 90 feet in height, and 150-180 years old. South Fork of the Fortymile River.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology: ecosystems
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Fortymile River
Description: White spruce forest on a 22 per cent slope, S 45 degrees W exposure. Dominants are 10 to 16 inches d.b.h., 70 to 90 feet in height, and 150-180 years old. South Fork of the Fortymile River.
Date: 1957

Black spruce muskeg forest on wet, flat land without permafrost. The dominants average 2 to 3 inches diameter, are 20 to 30 feet in height and 140 years old.  Near Houston, west of Wasilla.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Wasilla; Houston
Description: Black spruce muskeg forest on wet, flat land without permafrost. The dominants average 2 to 3 inches diameter, are 20 to 30 feet in height and 140 years old. Near Houston, west of Wasilla.
Date: 1957

Wet meadow, with some open water; incapable of supporting forest growth. Fringed with a narrow strip of black spruce muskeg and with white spruce-paper birch forest on the upland in the background. Kenai Peninsula.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Kenai Peninsula
Description: Wet meadow, with some open water; incapable of supporting forest growth. Fringed with a narrow strip of black spruce muskeg and with white spruce-paper birch forest on the upland in the background. Kenai Peninsula.
Date: 1957

In the foreground, black spruce muskeg forest on a slope with a N 20 degree E exposure. Across a small stream, and beyond, paper birch and quaking aspen on a slope with a S 20 W exposure. Fox Creek Valley. Fairbanks district.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Fairbanks; Fox Creek
Description: In the foreground, black spruce muskeg forest on a slope with a N 20 degree E exposure. Across a small stream, and beyond, paper birch and quaking aspen on a slope with a S 20 W exposure. Fox Creek Valley. Fairbanks district.
Date: 1957

Wet meadow on right, black spruce muskeg on left. The hill and upland in the left background represents commercial forest land supporting white spruce and paper birch. Here, as elsewhere on the Kenai Peninsula, the black spruce type boundaries tend to fo...
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Kenai Peninsula
Description: Wet meadow on right, black spruce muskeg on left. The hill and upland in the left background represents commercial forest land supporting white spruce and paper birch. Here, as elsewhere on the Kenai Peninsula, the black spruce type boundaries tend to fo...
Date: 1957

Black spruce muskeg forest on wet land without permafrost. Dominants average 4 to 7 inches d.b.h.,  50 to 35 feet in height and ages run to at least 220 years.  Between Kasilof and Soldatna, Kenai Pensula.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Kenai Peninsula
Description: Black spruce muskeg forest on wet land without permafrost. Dominants average 4 to 7 inches d.b.h., 50 to 35 feet in height and ages run to at least 220 years. Between Kasilof and Soldatna, Kenai Pensula.
Date: 1957

Looking along the countour at the contact between the erosional slope (on the left, with paper birch) and the depositional slope (on the right, with black spruce muskeg). Slope exposure, S 25 E. Gradient of erosional slope, 20-30 per cent; gradient of dep...
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Chatanika River
Description: Looking along the countour at the contact between the erosional slope (on the left, with paper birch) and the depositional slope (on the right, with black spruce muskeg). Slope exposure, S 25 E. Gradient of erosional slope, 20-30 per cent; gradient of dep...
Date: 1957

The slope on the left (exposure S 45 W, gradient 26 per cent) bears a good stand of paper birch. The slope on the right (exposure N 25 E, gradient 50 per cent) bears a poor black spruce muskeg forest. The valley bottom is covered with willows. Looking up...
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Fairbanks; Deadwood Creek
Description: The slope on the left (exposure S 45 W, gradient 26 per cent) bears a good stand of paper birch. The slope on the right (exposure N 25 E, gradient 50 per cent) bears a poor black spruce muskeg forest. The valley bottom is covered with willows. Looking up...
Date: 1957

Mature stand of balsam cottonwood on well-drained river alluvium. Dominants are 20 to 28 inches d.b.h.,  95 feet in height and 170 to 235 years of age.  Matanuska River Valley, above the mouth of King River.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: plant ecology
vegetation types, ecotypes
Location: Alaska; Matanuska Valley; King River
Description: Mature stand of balsam cottonwood on well-drained river alluvium. Dominants are 20 to 28 inches d.b.h., 95 feet in height and 170 to 235 years of age. Matanuska River Valley, above the mouth of King River.
Date: 1957

Recent burn (16 years ago) with standing and fallen snags of white spruce. The larger snags are 12 to 16 inches in diameter; this is commercial forest land. Matanuska River Valley.
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Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Keywords: forest fires
fire losses, fire damage to timber stands from the economic point of view
Location: Alaska; Matanuska Valley
Description: Recent burn (16 years ago) with standing and fallen snags of white spruce. The larger snags are 12 to 16 inches in diameter; this is commercial forest land. Matanuska River Valley.
Date: 1957

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