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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C147

C. macrocarpa clone, Mahinapua

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	22/29	5.5	7.0	6.3
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	8/20	6.4	7.8	7.1
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	14/20	6.7	7.9	7.3

Numbers measured/planted: 44/69

Very little stem canker. some fluting. Some foliar canker. Reasonable form, some multi-leadering, tops dead/broken and heavy branching.