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, Mahinapua

Site Year Number measured/
total number planted
Growth & form Health Overall
score
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula 1994 & 1995 3/5 4.0 6.3 5.2

Numbers measured/planted: 3/5

Very poor form, wonky, top broken, multi-leaders. Thin crowns and foliar canker present. Two trees gone.