Download or read book Ripening and Dispersal of a Bumper Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Seed Crop in Southeast Alaska (Classic Reprint) written by A. S. Harris and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ripening and Dispersal of a Bumper Western Hemlock-Sitka Spruce Seed Crop in Southeast Alaska Western hemlock (tsuga heterophylla (raf.) Sarg.) and Sitka spruce (picea sitchensis (bong.) Carr.) together comprise about 92 percent of the commercial timber volume in southeast Alaska. Both Species are prolific seed producers, with at least some seed produced almost every year and a heavy crop every 5 to 8 years. Seed dispersal from the heavy cone crops of 1951 and 1959 and from the medium cone crop of 1956 has been reported (godman 1953; Harris 1967; James In 1966, a bumper cone crop occurred, offering an opportunity to obtain more detailed information about seed maturation and its dispersal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.