Bui. 81 , Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agricultur 



Plate VIII. 



Fig. 



1 .—Complete Destruction of Forest by Cutting and Fire near Fairbanks. 

 Timber of Type Shown in Plate VII, Figure 1. 



Fig. 2.— Upper Limit of Forest on North Slope at the 

 Small Black Spruce with a Maximum Height of 20 

 Feet. 



Head of Cleary Creek. 

 Feet. Elevation 2,300 



