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
+64 21 2357554


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Lynton clone, Peter Smail Hororata

Site Year Number measured/
total number planted
Growth & form Health Overall
score
Wairarapa, Tinui 1994 & 1995 19/25 6.6 7.5 7.1
South Canterbury, Waimate 1998 13/40 6.0 8.0 7.0
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula 1994 & 1995 10/10 4.5 4.7 4.6
South Otago, Balclutha 1995 & 1996 22/40 6.5 8.0 7.3

Numbers measured/planted: 64/115

Variable health and form. Issues include double and multi leaders, heavy branching, dead and broken tops, fluting and stem canker.