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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BHYB2

Neil Barr hybrid clone #2

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Northland - Topuni	1996	7/28	6.7	9.1	7.9
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	6/15	7.9	7.9	7.9
Taranaki, Korito road	1995	5/5	4.4	7.0	5.7
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	1/5	8.5	8.0	8.3

Numbers measured/planted: 19/53

This was one of the best looking clones, with excellent form, growth and health, with no canker disease. This clone appeared to be very adaptable to site, however it was only found in very small numbers and at Northland, Wairarapa and Okuti Banks Peninsula Canterbury. These sites were all exposed to prevailing winds and with high levels of canker and deformation in many of the other clones present.