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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Ferndown (Leyland hybrid)

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Northland - Topuni	1996	10/17	5.9	6.5	6.2
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	15/15	6.0	9.0	7.5
Bay of Plenty - Kaingaroa	1997	8/10	6.8	8.8	7.8
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	10/14	6.4	8.8	7.6
Taranaki, Korito road	1995	4/6	2.6	2.8	2.7
Hawkes Bay, Taradale	1995	18/20	5.3	6.3	5.8
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	15/15	6.3	7.9	7.1
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	18/20	6.9	8.1	7.5
Canterbury High Country	1996	28/44	6.9	8.4	7.2
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	27/57	6.3	8.1	7.2

Numbers measured/planted: 153/218

Variable in form and levels of canker. Some excellent trees and some poor ones. Poor form attributed to multi leaders, double leaders, broken tops, ramicorns, wonkiness and stem kinks. Some trees had severe fluting and stem canker, along with some foliar canker. Heavy branching was also an issue.