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Pitch pine, Cape Cod

• HF-ID: HFH-0358
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator:
  • Hall, R.C.

• Date: 1927
• Location: Cape Cod MA
• Media: Photographs
• Contents:
  • 22 black and white black and white photos: 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306, 2307, 2307(2), 2308, 2312, 2313, 2314, 2315, 2316, 2317, 2318, 2319, 2320, 2321 - 3.75"x6"; 2309, 2310, 2311 - 2.5"x3.75".
  • Slips of paper with typewritten descriptions accompany each photo.

• Keywords: pine
• Abstract:
  • Taken in connection with Hall's study of pitch pine.
  • 2301. Mature open grown pitch pine 25" d.b.h. and 61 feet in height. (fig. 1)
  • 2302. A pitch pine leader and one set of laterals showing copnes one year old as contrasted with detached mature cones. (fig. 2)
  • 2303. Some scattered pitch pine sprouts on a burn with scrub oak and vaccinium taking up the spaces between the pines. (fig. 3)
  • 2304. Pitch pine sprouts with a very dense stand of scrub oak underneath. This area was burned about 24 years ago. (fig. 4)
  • 2305. Taken on the ground - shows an almost impenetrable jungle of scrub oak sprouts. (fig. 5)
  • 2306. Border reproduction in pitch pine on an old abandoned field. Seedlings 4 year of age. Parent trees 35 years of age. (fig. 6)
  • 2307, 2307(2). Abundant pitch pine seedling reproduction on a burn just north of the city limits of Hyannis. The only case noted where seedling reproduction was effective following a burn. Practically every tree on this area was killed by the original fire. (fig. 7)
  • 2308. Mature pitch pine sprouts 55 yrs with red oak sprouts in the background (fig. 8)
  • 2309. Mature stand of pitch pine sprouts 45 year of age near Harwich. (fig. 9)
  • 2310. Young stand of pitch pine 23 years of age, fully stocked, near South Chatham. (fig. 10)
  • 2311. A mature stand of pitch pine, 91 years of age, at South Yarmouth. (fig. 11)
  • 2312. Pitch pine plantation, 70 years of age, at East Orleans. (fig. 12)
  • 2313. A severe burn south of Truro during the spring of 1926. Note patches of mineral soil exposed. (fig. 13) Picture taken week following burn.
  • 2314. Abundant sprout reproduction, 6 years of age, on a burn near Wellfleet. (fig. 14)
  • 2315. Scattered pitch pine sprouts on a burned over area near Bourne. This area has been burned at least twice within the past 15 years. Note the bare boulders exposed. (fig. 15)
  • 2316. Pitch pine sprout 2 years of age and 3.6 feet in height resulting from a burn. (fig. 16)
  • 2317. Advance reproduction in a mixed oak pitch pine stand. One large oak in the foreground was cut, allowing more light to reach the ground. (fig. 17)
  • 2318. Fire line on the Shawmee State Forest at Sandwich. Nursery site to the left. (fig. 18)
  • 2319. Typical root system of a mature pitch pine on a heavy, sandy loam soil. Note turnip-like effect. (fig 19)
  • 2320. Typical root system of mature pitch pines growing on a light, coarse, sandy soil. Note extensive tap roots. (fig. 20)
  • 2321. Abundant seedling reproduction four years old on a cutover area near Chatham. (fig. 21)

• Archives Location: Historical Photographs Box 2, Cape Cod
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • Original HF-ID: 2301p/2302p/2303p/2304p/2305p/2306p/2307p/2308p/2309p/2310p/2311p/2312p/2313p/2314p/2315p/2316p/2317p/2318p/2319p/2320p/2321p