Towards commercialising cypress as a high-value plantation forest species
Report Date: March 2017
Author: Dean Satchell, Sustainable Forest Solutions, R.D. 1 Kerikeri, Northland 0294
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C. macrocarpa clone, 882.308, Dudley's Ashley trees
Site | Year | Number measured/ total number planted |
Growth & form | Health | Overall score |
South Canterbury, Waimate | 1998 | 19/20 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 6.3 |
South Otago, Balclutha | 1995 & 1996 | 5/9 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 6.4 |
Numbers measured/planted: 24/29
Variable form. Form issues include broken tops, wonky and wobbly form with kinks, and heavy branching. Some trees with stem canker and thin crowns.