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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SLC

Strathallen lusitanica clone

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Canterbury High Country	1996	33/40	5.8	7.9	6.8

Numbers measured/planted: 33/40

Form tends to be branchy and with heavy branches on the one site planted (Ribbonwood. The occasional double leader. Health is very good.