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, Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Bay of Plenty - Kaingaroa	1997	6/10	4.9	5.7	5.3
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	9/15	5.9	6.9	6.4

Numbers measured/planted: 15/25

Variable form, double and multiple leaders, wonky stem, ramicorns branchiness and heavy branching. Fluting common with stem canker recorded, along with foliar canker.