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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SLS

Strathallen lusitanica seedlings

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	11/15	6.1	7.8	7.0
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	6/8	6.8	8.3	7.5
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	8/21	6.2	8.1	7.1

Numbers measured/planted: 25/44

Occasional double leaders, ramicorns, wobbly stem and branchiness. Good health.