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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MAC

Macrocarpa seedling

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	1/3	7.5	5.0	6.3
Hawkes Bay, Taradale	1995	14/21	4.7	5.6	5.2
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	21/25	5.0	5.8	5.4
Taranaki, Korito road	1995	0/6	-	-	-
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	16/25	4.9	4.3	4.6
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	15/34	6.3	7.3	6.8

Numbers measured/planted: 67/114

Mostly poor form, with the occasional good tree. Form issues include double and multiple leaders, wonky stems and heavy branching. Many trees had stem cankers, with serious cankers and serious fluting common. Poor health was the norm.