76 



TsE AmEONDAOK Blaok Sprucm. 



TABLE -K V I. 



ACBB No. 5. 

 Lot No. 12, JRoaring Brook Tract, Essex County, JST. T. 



SPECIES. 



Black Spruce {Picea nigra). 



Hemlock {Tsuga Cana- 

 densis) 



White Cedar (Thuya oeci- 

 dentahs) 



Hard Maple {Acer sacchar- 

 inum) 



Beech {Fagus ferruginea) . 



White ^ Ash (_daxvrL 

 Americana) 



Trees. 



36 



40 



6 



12 

 43 



Totals 



Diameters 

 in inches. 



138 



9—20 



8—26 



9—26 



11—28 

 6—19 



20— 



Standards. 



15.49 



17.37 



6.60 



Feet, B. M. 



2,834 

 3,178 

 1,208 



39.46 



7,220 



Cords. 



4 



Notes.— This acre was selected m a primitive forest, growing on a " bench " or natural ter- 

 race, well watered, with a northerly exposure. The undergrowth, in addition to the nurslings 

 of the dominant species, was composed largely of Mountain Maple iAcer spicatuni), with 

 occasional specimens of Striped Maple ^Acer Pennsylvanicum) The growth under and near the 

 hemlocks was completely covered in places wiuh the American Yew or Ground Hemlock 

 CTaxu$ Canadensis). 



TABLE XYII. 



Acre Ko. 1. 

 Lot JVo. 206, Township 11, 0. M. Tract, JEJssex County, JSF, Y, 



SPECIES. 



Black Spruce (JPlcea nigra). 

 Hemlock {Tsuga Cana- 

 densis) 



Balsam (Abies balsamea) . . 

 Yellow BirGh{Betula lutea) 

 Hard Maple {Acer sacchar- 

 inum) 



Totals 



Trees. 



52 

 26 



37 



173 



Diameters 

 in inches. 



5—16 



9—28 

 7—16 

 6—20 



Standards. 



20.00 

 9.00 



43.49 



Feet, B. M. 



2,651 



3,660 

 1,647 



7,958 



Cords, 



Notes —This lot (206, Township 11) was lumbered about 33 years ago by C, F. Norton, at 

 which time the pine and spruce were cut ; but the spruces uoder 10 inches in diameter were 

 not taken. Since then —about 16 years ago — it was cut over again, at which time some white 

 ash and yellow birch was taken, as well as the larger spruce. 



This acre strip was measured off on level land, not low enough to be swampy, but a bench of 

 table land. The crown covering is dense; and the timber, with the exception of the hemlock 

 and some of the hardwoods, seems to be a second growth,— that is, it has been growing among 

 firat-growth trees, and has made a rapid progress after the interlucation made by cutting out 

 ha larger trees. 



