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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D2

Dipton hybrid clone #2

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Northland - Topuni	1996	5/14	7.6	7.0	7.3
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	5/8	6.4	8.4	7.4
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	2/3	8.1	7.8	7.9
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	11/16	6.8	7.8	7.3

Numbers measured/planted: 23/41

Serious canker in Northland but very little canker in Balclutha. Reasonable form, sometimes ramicorns and double leaders. Some heavy branching and sometimes branchy.