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
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu
FR328/2, planted 1996
Clone ID | Number present | Score |
CL | 8/14 | 7.0 |
C135 | 7/14 | 6.2 |
D2 | 5/8 | 7.4 |
FD | 15/15 | 7.5 |
FF18 | 3/7 | 5.0 |
GBL | 7/13 | 5.8 |
GH8 | 8/13 | 6.0 |
GL9 | 12/15 | 6.9 |
GSL | 9/15 | 6.2 |
HG | 9/9 | 6.8 |
LG | 8/8 | 6.9 |
LMC | 8/14 | 5.8 |
NZR | 10/14 | 6.1 |
OC | 6/7 | 5.7 |
OV | 14/16 | 7.6 |
RG | 14/14 | 6.7 |
SHILL | 120/152 | 6.3 |
SLS | 11/15 | 7.0 |
SMC | 11/13 | 5.9 |
SUPL | 12/14 | 6.8 |
59 | 9/14 | 5.1 |
63 | 11/14 | 5.6 |
296 | 4/12 | 4.7 |
332 | 9/13 | 6.9 |
340 | 11/13 | 5.5 |
Site information
"Adams" trial, rich ex-pasture site, sheltered location. The adjacent 20 year old radiata (pruned and thinned) of the same age are very large trees. Soils are relatively free draining, rich and fertile.
Latitude | Elevation (m) | Mean annual rainfall (mm) | Mean winter temperature (°C) | Mean annual temperature (°C) | Mean summer temperature (°C) | Mean summer rainfall (mm) | Mean winter rainfall (mm) | Spring and autumn rainfall (mm) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
38.32444444 | 440 | 1475.6 | 7 | 11.7 | 16.3 | 354.5 | 427.2 | 693.9 |