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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SHILL

Stapehill clone, Leyland hybrid

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Northland - Topuni	1996	12/14	5.2	6.3	5.7
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	3/5	6.0	8.8	7.4
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	38/40	6.6	8.1	7.3
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	120/152	4.8	7.8	6.3
Canterbury High Country	1996	49/60	5.9	7.6	6.7
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	6/19	6.3	8.1	7.2

Numbers measured/planted: 120/152

Form variable but tending to have ramicorns and heavy branching. Tends to be slow growing. Some double and multiple leaders. Health variable with serious foliar and stem canker and fluting on some sites.