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Growth in slash piles, Central New England

• HF-ID: HFH-0053
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator: Altpeter, Leland S.
• Date: 1926
• Location: New England
• Media: Photographs and negatives
• Contents:
  • 3 black and white photos: 2544, 2545, 2546 - 2.75"x4.5".
  • 26 negatives: 2543n and 2543bn - 5"7"; 2544n, 2546n, 2547n, 2548(29)n, 2548(31)n, 2549n, 2550n, 2551n, 2552n, 2553n, 2554n, 2555n, 2556n, 2557n, 2557bn, 2558n, 2558(20)n, 2559n, 2560n, 2561n, 2562n, 2563n, 2564n, 2565n, 2566n - 2.75"x4.5".

• Keywords: growth, slash
• Abstract:
  • Growth in slash piles, Central New England.
  • Photographs are in L.S. Altpeter's report, The relation of white pine slash to the development of reproduction on clear cut areas.
  • 2543n. Age of cutting 24 years. A dry site III. No reproduction. (hat in photograph)
  • 2543bn. Age of cutting 24 years. A dry site III. No reproduction.
  • 2544.
  • 2545. (16) 5 yrs.
  • 2546.
  • 2547n. (55) Age of cutting 8 years... Good site II.
  • 2548n. (29) A fairly dry site II.
  • 2548n. (31) Age of cutting 10 years. No reproduction has come through the slash.
  • 2549n. (41) Dry site III. Showing reproduction within this slash pile.
  • 2550n. (30) Age of cutting 8 years.
  • 2551n. (57) Age of cutting 10 years. Site II southern exposure.
  • 2552n. (30) Age of cutting 8 years.
  • 2553n. (59) Age of cutting 17 years. Pile nearly overtopped by bordering red maple, fire cherry and red oak.
  • 2554n. (37) Age of cutting 16 years.
  • 2555n. (17) Age of cutting 8 years.
  • 2556n. Site III. Very dry site.
  • 2557n. 12 yrs old. Another selection of same lot.
  • 2558n. 12 years old. Showing effect of shade upon slash on a site of Quality II.
  • 2558n. (20) 8 years old.
  • 2559n. (24) Windrow about 20 feed in width.
  • 2560n. (26) A narrow windrow nearly overtopped by bushy hardwoods.
  • 2561n. Age of cutting 14 years - slash somewhat scattered. Some small trees coming through in places.
  • 2562n. (17) Age of cutting 8 years.
  • 2563n. (53) Age of cutting 14 years. A good site II.
  • 2564n.
  • 2565n. (56) Age of cutting 6 years. Plot located near foot of Mt. Monadnock in south New Hampshire.
  • 2566n. (25) 7 year slash.

• Related Items:
  • Research file: HF1926-06 The relation of white pine slash to the development of reproduction on clear cut areas

• Archives Location: Historical Photographs Box 1, Natural Reproduction
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • Original HF-ID: 2543n/2544/2545p/2546/2547n/2548n/2549n/2550n/2551n/2552n/2553n/2554n/2555n/2556n/2557n/2558n/2559n/2560n/2561n/2562n/2563n/2564n/2565n/2566n