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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Owaka clone

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	15/20	5.6	7.4	6.5
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	17/25	5.6	4.7	4.8
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	26/40	6.6	7.6	7.1
Canterbury High Country	1996	14/19	4.8	6.9	5.8

Numbers measured/planted: 72/104

Varible form. Form issues include double and multiple leaders, broken and dead tops, wobbly and wonky form with kinks, ramicorns and heavy branching. Stem cankers and fluting prevalent, along with foliar canker.