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- The Kodiak Treeline | Geophysical Institute
Spruce trees planted on the islands by the Russians in 1805 are doing just fine and reseeding themselves naturally, although the total tree population hardly amounts to a forest
- Burls and Human Cancer | Geophysical Institute
The analogy of smoking's relation to cancer hardly needs mention If this suggestion is correct, that there is similarity between the occurrence of burls and cancer, then research into what causes burls in northern spruce trees might advance human cancer research
- Cottonwood and Balsam Poplar | Geophysical Institute
The Klukwan giant belies the belief that trees tend to get smaller the farther north one goes Both balsam poplar and cottonwood have value for fuel wood, pulp and lumber
- Tamarack -- Not A Dead Spruce | Geophysical Institute
When one of these trees finds itself on a better site, however, it shows a remarkable change of pace Individual tamarack growing in white spruce stands may achieve a size comparable to white spruce 100 to 150 years old The current record tamarack in Alaska stands near mile 311 of the Richardson Highway
- Diamond Willow | Geophysical Institute
Red, diamond-shaped depressions in the otherwise creamy white willow wood create the curious, sometimes exotic, patterns exhibited by canes and furniture made from Alaskan diamond willow
- More on Why Tree Trunks Spiral | Geophysical Institute
Granted, not all trees exhibit the same twist, but the majority of them do The phenomenon can be likened to the claim that water will always spiral out of a drain in a counter-clockwise direction in the northern hemisphere
- Alaskas Gift--The Pine | Geophysical Institute
Greek scholars knew a great deal about pines, for these trees occupied a prominent place in the landscape The oldest known living organism is a bristlecone pine found in California--it is over 5,000 years old
- Visit to an exotic tree plantation in Alaska | Geophysical Institute
These exotic trees — some now 70 feet tall — are a nice legacy for the men who planted shin-high seedlings years before Woodward last visited the plot in 1981 Les Viereck, a renowned ecologist who wrote Alaska Trees and Shrubs, died in 2008
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