United States
Department of
Agriculture
Forest Service

Information
Bulletin Number 419

April 1979

Tree Decay

Cover

Table of Contents

Figure 1.

Introduction
An Understanding of Site Relationshops
An Understanding of Gradations
Microorganisms Become Established in Succession
Tree Compartments
The Classical Concept of Tree Decay
The Expanded Concept of Tree Decay
Patterns of Compartmentalization and Successions
Wounds are of Two Major Types
Patterns of Discolored and Decayed Wood
Some Variations and Exceptions
Additional Details on the Expanded Concept of Tree Decay
Wood is Altered By Microorganisms
Series of Paintings - Into a Tree - Through a Wound
Series of Paintings II
In The End

Watercolor illustrations by
David M. Carol
Warner, New Hampshire
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington D.C. 20402
Stock Number 001-000-03937-7

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