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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Kereru clone (Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula)

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	11/14	5.2	6.1	5.6
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	4/5	6.3	7.3	6.8
Hawkes Bay, Taradale	1995	11/20	4.5	5.8	5.1
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	24/25	5.4	6.7	6.0
Taranaki, Korito road	1995	1/6	2.5	3.5	3.0
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	12/20	4.7	4.3	4.5
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	16/35	6.3	7.7	7.0

Numbers measured/planted: 79/125

Variable form, with dead tops, double and multiple leaders, wobbly or wonky stem, ramicorns and heavy branching. Stem cankers and fluting common, foliage health low with 15 trees dead or dying.