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Report: 2023 assessments of 2001 and 2002 clonal poplar trials at Parakai

Report Date: January 2024

Author: Dean Satchell

Senior Forest Service Advisor
Forest Service Advice
Te Uru Rākau ­- New Zealand Forest Service
Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua
forestserviceadvice@mpi.govt.nz
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Phone: +64 9 2207864

Discussion

Trees

Cultivars

Hybrid type

Parent species

2000 trial

Tree Cultivar Diameter
(dbh)		 Notes
2000-01 Weraiti - -
2000-02 Toa - -
2000-03 Mapiu - -
2000-04 Otahoua 30.9 cm Extremely exposed. Heavy branching, surprisingly straight.
2000-05 Shinsei - -
2000-06 Selwyn - -
2000-07 Dudley 15.0 cm Poor form
2000-08 Pecam - -
2000-09 Geyles - -
2000-10 Hororata - -
2000-11 Hororata - -
2000-12 Mapiu - -
2000-13 Otahoua 46.2 cm Heavy branching, nice form.
2000-14 Geyles - -
2000-15 Weraiti 33.1 cm Ugly, dieback
2000-16 Toa - -
2000-17 Selwyn - -
2000-18 Shinsei - -
2000-19 Dudley 18.5 cm Ugly, poor form
2000-20 Pecam - -
2000-21 Weraiti - -
2000-22 Geyles - -
2000-23 Pecam - -
2000-24 Dudley 61.1 cm Big double leader from pole, wobbly form, very ugly
2000-25 Mapiu 38.2 cm Fork from pole, wobbly form, very ugly
2000-26 Toa 32.5 cm Beautiful straight form, light branching
2000-27 Hororata 34.1 cm Quite nice and straight, very heavy branching, a bit wobbly
2000-28 Shinsei 18.5 cm Ugly
2000-29 Selwyn 21.3 cm Straight, quite narrow, fine branching. Some branch breakages
2000-30 Otahoua 32.2 cm Strong
2000-31 Geyles 20.4 cm Very poor form
2000-32 Weraiti - -
2000-33 Pecam - -
2000-34 Dudley 16.6 cm Wobbly, some breakages, leaning. Dieback at top (bark stripped?). Uncertain whether this tree is Dudley
2000-35 Mapiu - -
2000-36 Hororata 18.1 cm Very poor form. Uncertain whether this tree is Hororata
2000-37 Toa 16.9 cm Dieback at top, bark missing at bottom of trunk, with rot present. Uncertain whether this tree is Toa
2000-38 Shinsei - -
2000-39 Otahoua 33.4 cm Heavy branching, healthy, straight
2000-40 Selwyn 14.3 cm Skinny, sickly
2000-41 Weraiti 16.2 cm Very sick, almost dead
2000-42 Toa - -
2000-43 Pecam - -
2000-44 Dudley 26.1 cm Heavy branching, wobbly
2000-45 Otahoua 33.1 cm Wobbly at pole top, very heavy branching, wobble further up
2000-46 Hororata 16.2 cm Okay form, bark stripped
2000-47 Shinsei 13.4 cm Ugly
2000-48 Geyles - -
2000-49 Selwyn - -
2000-50 Mapiu 22.0 cm Poor form
2000-51 Hororata 24.2 cm Poor form
2000-52 Dudley - -
2000-53 Pecam 12.7 cm Wonky, poor form
2000-54 Toa - -
2000-55 Shinsei - -
2000-56 Geyles - -
2000-57 Mapiu - -
2000-58 Selwyn - -
2000-59 Otahoua - -
2000-60 Weraiti - -
2000-61 Pecam - -
2000-62 Weraiti - -
2000-63 Selwyn - -
2000-64 Geyles - -
2000-65 Toa - -
2000-66 Shinsei - -
2000-67 Otahoua - -
2000-68 Mapiu - -
2000-69 Dudley - -
2000-70 Hororata - -
2000-71 Pecam - -
2000-72 Toa 36.6 cm Straight, fine-branched. Dieback occurring. Windthrown, on edge of (in) swamp
2000-73 Geyles 37.24 cm Double leaders, very poor form, excellent site (sheltered, moist but not wet)
2000-74 Weraiti 57.0 cm Huge branches/ramicorns, poor form, lots of dieback, not healthy
2000-75 Dudley - -
2000-76 Mapiu - -
2000-77 Selwyn 28.3 cm Narrow form, straight, tall. A bit wobbly, not super healthy?
2000-78 Shinsei - -
2000-79 Otahoua 43.3 cm Double leaders from pole top, very very heavy branching, slight wobble, okay tree. A bit wet
2000-80 Hororata - -
2000-81 Weraiti 55.7 cm Super heavy branches/limbs, lots of dieback/bark death. Boggy site
2000-82 Otahoua 52.5 cm Straight, but extremely heavy branching. Nice site, moist, sheltered but not wet
2000-83 Geyles - -
2000-84 Pecam - -
2000-85 Selwyn 40.1 cm Dieback at top, wonky at bottom. Ugly. Boggy site
2000-86 Hororata 34.1 cm Okay form, very heavy branching, healthy. Boggy site
2000-87 Mapiu 37.2 cm Double leaders, poor form, very heavy branching. Boggy site
2000-88 Toa 27.7 cm Good form, light branching, some tip dieback. Good site
2000-89 Shinsei - -
2000-90 Dudley 55.0 cm Very heavy branching, some breakages, wobbly form. Big ramicorn from pole top. In swamp. Big tree, okay health
2000-91 Shinsei - -
2000-92 Weraiti 43.3 cm Horrible form, dieback
2000-93 Hororata - -
2000-94 Dudley - -
2000-95 Toa 22.0 cm Some dieback, nice form, fine branching. Possum damage? Epicormics
2000-96 Selwyn 24.8 cm NOT SELWYN, this is a maxi hybrid. Very poor form, some dieback at top
2000-97 Pecam - -
2000-98 Otahoua 22.0 cm Nice form, wonky at pole top
2000-99 Selwyn 6.0 cm Only just alive
2000-100 Mapiu 13.1 cm Very poor form

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