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Fic. 2.—DENSE LODGEPOLE REPRODUCTION. 
Fia. 1.—DENSE LODGEPOLE REPRODUCTION. 
This stand is the result of fire. 
gnation in the 
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Note the debris from t 
acre, with resulting sta 
previous stand only partially decayed after being dead 70 years. 
tuated on a north slope, has approximately 
i 
The better trees bear cones. 
101,000 green ‘‘trees’’ per 
This 70-year-old stand, s 
growth. 
soon as possible so that the 
It runs about 3,500 green trees per acre 
Many of the larger trees are suitable for 
lagging. The stand should be thinned as 
better trees left may growr 
apidly to stull size. 
and is about 50 years old. 
