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Gypsy Moth, Town of Petersham

• HF-ID: HFH-0566
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator: Brown, C.T., Jr.
• Date: August 1945
• Location: Petersham MA
• Media: Photographs and negatives
• Contents:
  • 9 black and white photos: 3591-A - 4"x5.5"; 3580 - 5"x6"; 3585, 3586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3591, no number - 5"x7".
  • 9 negatives: 3580n, 3585n, 3586n, 3587n, 3588n, 3589n, 3591n, 3591-An, 3599n - 3.5"x4.25".

• Keywords: insects, invasive species
• Abstract:
  • 3591-A. Gypsy moth defoliation in New England 1931-1940. (HF Bulletin No. 22, Fig. 1).
  • 3585. TS II, Hd-1 37. Ground cover characteristic of resistant stands. (HF Bulletin No. 22, Fig. 6).
  • 3586. Gray birch plot - West Rd.
  • 3587. Gray birch plot - West Rd. Gray birch in old pasture. (HF Bulletin No. 22, Fig. 5).
  • 3588. Gypsy moth plot - Green Place. Mixed oak stand susceptible to defoliation. (HF Bulletin No. 22, Fig. 4).
  • 3589. TS II, Hd-1 37. Red oak stand resistant to defoliation. (HF Bulletin No. 22, Fig. 3)
  • 3590. TS I [filed in HFH-0406].
  • 3591. Gypsy Moth plot - Green Place.
  • 3599. [no description].
  • 3580. [no description].
  • [no number]. U.S.D.A. Gypsy moth plot in birth. Half mile south of West Road. Taken in 1946 for Bulletin 22.

• Related Items:
  • Harvard Forest Bulletin No. 22
  • Historical photo file: HFH-0406 Gypsy moth study, TS I, P-Hd-1

• Archives Location: Historical Photographs Box 3, Insects
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • Original HF-ID: 3580/3585/3586/3587/3588/3589/3591/3591-A/3599