Eastern hemlock and its relationship to the silviculture of the Harvard Forest
- HF-ID: HF1950-04
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Smith, E.E.
- Date: 1950
- Location: Prospect Hill Tract (Harvard Forest)
- Media: Mixed media
- Contents:
- Bound thesis contains photographs and includes 4 oversized maps (plates I, II, IIA, III);
- photocopy of thesis in file folder
- . 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: silviculture, silvics
- Abstract:
- INTRODUCTION
- Eastern Hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr., can be considered a problem in our forests. The ability of hemlock to exist for long periods of time as a suppressed tree has long been known. This habit in itself is to our advantage and disadvantage. Hemlock is increasing in many of our stands as an understory species. This is the crux of our problem: if we remove the overstory, will the hemlock come through and form the next crop? It so, shall we discriminate against hemlock with the hope of bringing another species through as the dominant species in the next rotation? Even if this is desirable, can we afford to remove the understory in quantities large enough to permit the regeneration of other species? If we can afford the preceding operation, would it be advisable from a biological standpoint?
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- Archives Location: Middle Room, stack 5, drawer 1; also thesis shelf
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