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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BEN

Benthamii clone

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Northland - Topuni	1996	2/17	6.8	9	7.9
Bay of Plenty - Kaingaroa	1997	8/9	4.7	7.5	6.1
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	10/30	4.6	6.9	5.7
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	0/10	-	-	-

Numbers measured/planted: 20/66

A large number were missing from the Northland site and six had been thinned and four were missing at the South Otago site.