Photo by E. A. Sterling. 



HEAVY STAND OF HEMLOCK AND BALSAM. 



Trees with clear length of 200 feet, and stands of over 100,000 board feet per acre, are not uncommon in the?e forests 

 of hemlock and balsam. The undergrowth is often luxurious as in a tropical forest. This particular stand wa5 

 on a slope immediately adjacent to tide wafer. 



