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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Leighton's Green Leyland hybrid

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	8/8	4.9	8.9	6.9
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	5/11	5.9	8.0	7.0

Numbers measured/planted: 13/19

Generally poor form. Prone to double and multiple leaders, heavy branching and ramicorns. No canker recorded in stem or crown on the two sites present at.