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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Haggerston Grey Leyland hybrid

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	9/9	4.8	8.8	6.8
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	5/13	6.4	8.0	7.2

Numbers measured/planted: 14/22

Occasional double and multiple leaders, ramicorns and heavy branching, but with good health.