. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. Apr. 1,1927 Natural Replacement of Blight-Killed Chestnut 639 A study of Figure 7, a sketch of the crown spread of the trees on permanent plot 320 in 1904, and Figure 8, a sketch of the same plot in 1924, clearly shows that the chestnut has completely disappeared from the dominant part of the stand, and that the crown cover of the dominant stand is already almost completely closed. From the standpoint of crown closure, this plot shows exceptionally good re-. C=CHESTNUT = SCARLET OAK H'=HICKORY WO=WHITEOAK MAPLE
. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. Apr. 1,1927 Natural Replacement of Blight-Killed Chestnut 639 A study of Figure 7, a sketch of the crown spread of the trees on permanent plot 320 in 1904, and Figure 8, a sketch of the same plot in 1924, clearly shows that the chestnut has completely disappeared from the dominant part of the stand, and that the crown cover of the dominant stand is already almost completely closed. From the standpoint of crown closure, this plot shows exceptionally good re-. C=CHESTNUT = SCARLET OAK H'=HICKORY WO=WHITEOAK MAPLE OAK Bl RCH D=DOGWOOD Fig, spread ot trees on permanent sample plot No. 320, as sketched in 1904 (Maltby tract) covery. The amount of red maple in crown cover of this stand is above the average for otherwise simikr stands Its prepon- derance is probably due to the fire which hghtly burned over tne area a few years after cutting The fire favored t^e increase of red maple in the overstory, and dogwood ^^^^^^^^^J-^, ^j^^^^S on sites of second quality, similar to this area, red maple is much less aggressive than it is on the better sites UU). i^prmanent Thp decrease in the number of trees on most ot the permanent plots is due no? o^ly to the loss of chestnut, but also to the removal 39041—27 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original 1906-1960
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