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Hurricane damage; Harvard Forest

• HF-ID: HFH-0954
• Category: Visual Materials
• Creator: Rowlands, W.
• Date: Spring 1939; January 2, 1940
• Location: Harvard Forest, Petersham MA
• Media: Photographs and negatives
• Contents:
  • 7 black and white photos: 2235, 2236, 2237, 2238, 2239, 2240, 2977 - 5"x7".
  • 7 negatives: 2235n, 2236n, 2237n, 2238n, 2239n, 2240n, 2977n - 5"x7".

• Keywords: hurricane damage
• Abstract:
  • Hurricane damage photos taken for Rowlands thesis.
  • 2235. 24 yr. old white pine stand - Birch Drive - 36% dominant and codominant trees damaged. Taken in spring 1939.
  • 2236. Black birch sprout broken at union with companions. TS II, Hd-1 (map of 1937). Taken in spring 1939.
  • 2237. Old pasture white oak - pine blown down around it. TS VI, P-1. Taken Jan. 2, 1940.
  • 2238. Red oak sprout clump separated at base. Taken Jan. 2, 1940. (Thesis, fig. 10).
  • 2239. Mixed pine-hardwood stand - pine down - near Monson Pike. Taken Jan. 2, 1940.
  • 2240. Young mixed hardwoods - slight damage. Taken Jan. 2, 1940.
  • 2977. Even-aged stand of white pine below age at which complete blowdown occurred. Taken Jan. 2, 1940. (Thesis, fig. 3).

• Related Items:
  • Historical photo 2237n: Old Pasture White Oak in Tom Swamp VI 1940
  • Thesis: Damage to even-aged stands in Petersham, Massachusetts, by the 1938 Hurricane as influenced by stand condition

• Archives Location: 1938 Hurricane Photograph File, 110
• Access: Active
• Administrative Notes:
  • Original HF-ID: 2235/2235/2236/2237/2238/2239/2240/2977.
  • 2237n: olvwork410633