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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CHAP

Chapman's clone

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	11/15	4.4	4.6	4.5
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	0/10	-	-	-
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	11/30	4.8	5.2	5.0

Numbers measured/planted: 22/55

Foliar canker was prevalent on this clone and about half of the living trees had stem cankers. Form was generally poor with broken tops and stems that were not straight. Many of the trees measured were dying. Most of the trees not measured were dead and rotting or standing dead trees, indicating high mortality from disease.