Rachel Collins, visiting instructor in Biology, took students from the
Plant Geography and Ecology class on a field trip to the Allegheny National Forest, near Kane
Pennsylvania.
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Photos by Rachel Collins, Dickinson College
Above: Alex Royo, U.S. Forest Service Scientist on the left,
explains the forest dynamics that promote black cherry trees
and inhibits other species in this forest.
Above: Students stand in a "pit" caused by the roots of an
up turned tree that blew down in a tornado like wind event
in July 2003.
Above: in the Tionesta Scenic Area. From left: Colleen Haney,
Julie Fetterolf, Jennifer Silva, Nana Minkah, Professor Rachel
Collins, Ashly Smoln, Rebecca Hamway.
Above: Jennifer Silva and Julie Fetterolf measure the diameter
of a 500 year old hemlock tree.
Left: Rebecca Hamway measures the amount of canopy cover with
a mirrored densiometer, Nana Minkah writes the data down,and
Jennifer Silva assists.
