The northern hardwood forest - its composition, growth, and management (1915) (14772073402)

Identifier: northernhardwood285frot (find matches)
Title: The northern hardwood forest : its composition, growth, and management
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Frothingham, E. H. (Earl Hazeltine), b. 1880
Subjects: Hardwoods Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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as Bui. 285, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate VIII.
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Red Spruce Reproduction Filling an Opening in a Second-Growth Stand ofSugar Maple and Yellow Birch New Hampshire. ••- THE NOETHEEN HAEDWOOD FOEEST. 17 generalization can not be applied to all species. White elm, forexample, may have a wider crown than beech, which is much moretolerant. Table 5.— Comparative croivn widths of northern hardwoods based on diameter breast high. Diameterbreast high. Average width of crown. Diameter,breast high. Average width of crown. Beech. Sugarmaple. Yellowbirch. Bass-wood. Beech. Sugarmaple. Yellowbirch. Bass-wood. Inches.1 Feet. 3 5 8 10 13 15 18 20 22 24 26 28 29 30 Feet. 3 5 8 10 13 14 16 18 19 21 22 23 25 26 Feet.35 7 11121415161819202122 Feet.3581012141516171818191919 Inches. 15 Feet.313233343435363637373839 Feet.272829303132343536373839 Feet.232526272829303133343536 Feet.20 2 16 20 3 17 20 4 18 21 5 19 21 6. .-. 20 22 7 21.. 22 8 22 23 23 24 10 24 24 11 25 25 12 26 26 13 Basis, trees 14 82 67 42 195 Table 6.—Comparative crown lengths of no