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17,225 acres, d. 12-year-old spruce wood. Protected on 



north and east by neighbouring woods. 

 ^37>974 acres, c. 130-year old spruce and silver fir wood 

 with a few sycamore, beech, and white beam of 

 medium growth. In the eastern portion severe 

 selection cuttings have already been made. In the 

 northern portion wind has done considerable damage. 

 Final yield per acre 2820 cubic feet. 

 Compartment 3. Oberer Bauholzweg (4263 to 4785 feet). 



12,925 acres, c. 130-year-old wood spruce, silver fir, beech, 

 and sycamore of medium density and growth. Final 

 yield per acre 2 1 1 5 cubic feet. 

 117,139 acres, a d c. Alpine forest, very steep, with spruce, 

 silver fir, Piniis cembra, beech, sycamore, and 

 mountain pine, all of poor growth. 



District X. Wetterstein. 

 Compartment i. Wetterstein (4785 to 7797 feet). 



347,869 acres, b. Alpine forest. High lying, light woods 

 of poor growth, consisting of spruce, silver fir, Pinus 

 cembra, larch, and yew, about 156 years old. 

 Ij5I7>384 acres, a. Bare rocky face with mountain pine 

 (Latschen), Alpine roses, and Alpine meadows with 

 a few weather-beaten spruce, Cembran pines, and 

 silver fir. Konigshaus, 6125 feet. 



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NOTES ON THE EBERSBERGER FOREST. 



General. 



The Ebersberger Forest is situated to the south of Munich on 



the upper Bavarian plateau, at an elevation of 1700 to 2021 feet 



above sea-level. The soil belongs to the more recent diluvium, 



through which the arms of a recent moraine stretch. The boulder 



debris is covered with a layer of fine-grained, loamy-soil, to a 



depth of 14 inches. The entire forest belongs to the Bavarian 



State and extends to 19,219 acres, of which 18,591 acres are 



under forest. The management is under the control of the 



Forest Office of Anzing and Ebersberg Most of the forest 



has since 1823 been surrounded by an oak paHng. Until 1854 



it was a royal hunting park. The chase is now under the manage- 



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