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
Hawkes Bay, Taradale
FR323/1, planted 1995
| Clone ID | Number present | Score |
| FD | 18/20 | 5.8 |
| FF18 | 16/20 | 6.4 |
| GH8 | 9/23 | 7.9 |
| HH | 14/19 | 5.8 |
| LMS | 14/19 | 5.1 |
| LUS | 17/20 | 7.8 |
| MAC | 14/21 | 5.2 |
| 59 | 10/20 | 5.5 |
| 63 | 11/20 | 5.1 |
| 296 | 7/20 | 4.4 |
| 340 | 19/20 | 6.5 |
Site information
Dry hillside, fairly exposed to the west. Variable exposure. Good drainage, moderately 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39.5875 | 60 | 772.8 | 9.2 | 13.8 | 18.3 | 180 | 234.8 | 358.0 |
Clone bar charts
