Cypress
- Report: Trees for steep slopes - Cypress
Dean Satchell,
July 2018 (Access: unrestricted)
In this page: Stand management and siting Individual species requirements and management Milling and Marketing Macrocarpa and cypress have been planted for shelter, shade and aesthetic values for well over 100…
- Kaingaroa Cpt 246/5 and Cpt 179 cypress trials, November 2021
Dean Satchell, Vaughan Kearns and Toby Stovold,
March 2022 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
Cpt 246/5 Cypress clonal trials We measured these the same day as the Cpt 179 cypress. All Cpt 246/5 cypress clones were planted the same year (2010?). 1. Scion nootka hybrid trials…
- Cypress hybrid selections 2021
Dean Satchell,
October 2021 (Access: unrestricted)
This report summarises observations from several trials (Taumarunui, Pipiwai, Kaingaroa Cpt 320, Cpt 1002, Tarawera Cpt 30, Silverwood and Balclutha). Nootka hybrid selections Macrocarpa x Nootkatensis hybrid selections: NM 308…
- Progress with cypress clones project
August 2021 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
Report for Te Uru Rākau, August 2021 Cypress Development Group of the NZ Farm Forestry Association Background Cypress species are well known in the rural landscape throughout New Zealand, planted…
- 2017 Clonal cypress trial, Silverwood, Central Canterbury
Dean Satchell and Vaughan Kearns,
August 2021 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
Planted September 2017 (Assessment 12/5/2021). This trial is two separate trials, both randomised single tree plot design (10 replicates in trial 1 and 9 replicates in trial 2), and is a…
- 2017 Clonal cypress trial, Tarawera Compartment 30
Dean Satchell, Toby Stovold and Vaughan Kearns,
June 2021 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
This Scion clonal hybrid cypress trial was planted in July 2017 in radiata pine cutover, so was 3 2/3 years old at the time measurements were taken during March 2021.…
- 2017 Clonal cypress trial, Compartment 1002, Kaingaroa BOP
Dean Satchell, Toby Stovold and Vaughan Kearns,
June 2021 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
This Scion clonal hybrid cypress trial was planted in July 2017 in radiata pine cutover, so was 3 2/3 years old at the time measurements were taken during March 2021. Location…
- 2017 Clonal cypress trial at Cullen's Balclutha
Neil Cullen,
March 2021 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
This trial is in South Otago at Neil and Pam Cullen's farm. Quote from Neil: "There is quite a bit of variation in the block not surprisingly and even at 3 years…
- Report on Scion cypress trial, Pipiwai Northland
Dean Satchell, Vaughan Kearns and Toby Stovold,
February 2021 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
This Scion clonal hybrid cypress trial was planted in July 2017 in radiata pine cutover, so was 3 1/2 years old at the time measurements were taken during January 2021. Using controlled…
- Hybrid cypress clone assessment, August 2020
Dean Satchell,
August 2020 (Access: Friends of cypress,Cypress Development Group)
Thanks to Toby Stovold from Scion and John Moore from Kaingaroa Timberlands, who kindly assisted with this research, took us to the sites, and provided maps of the plantings. Vaughan…
- Status of cypress trials at Don Tantrums, Taihape, March 2020
Dean Satchell,
March 2020 (Access: unrestricted)
Don Tantrum planted and mapped several cypress trials on a range of sites on his farm near Taihape from 1990 to 2000, beavering promising material from around New Zealand and…
- Hybrid cypress trials Paparoa road, Taumarunui December 2019
Charlie Low and Vaughan Kearns,
December 2019 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
NZFFA Visit to FR532/3, 2014 cypress hybrid blocks, Paparoa road, Taumarunui. A single 81-tree block of each of 30 Scion cypress hybrid clones of which 12 were released to tree…
- Vaughan Kearns cypress research trials, Raetihi
Dean Satchell,
May 2019 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
This report documents some clonal selections made at Vaughan Kearns cypress plantation near Raetihi. These photos, selections and measurements were made in May 2019. The trees were planted winter 2014. dkh…
- Small diameter unpruned cypress sawmilling research 2019
Dean Satchell,
April 2019 (Access: unrestricted)
Specialty Wood Products partnership cypress sawmilling research - methods, background and objectives for unpruned small diameter cypress sawmilling study conducted in 2019. 6 Ovensii and 8 GH5 twenty-year old unpruned…
- Angus Gordon's Cypress trial at Taihape
Angus Gordon and Dean Satchell,
December 2017 (Access: unrestricted)
"This trial was set up to experiment with a range of species and provenances to test performance for the site characteristics that exist here, with the range of genetic material…
- Strategic Planning Workshop on Cypress Development 27th October 2017
Patrick Milne,
November 2017 (Access: Cypress Development Group)
The growing, management and use of cypresses and their wood is well supported by the NZ Farm Forestry Association and its Cypress Action Group (CAG) on behalf of the small…
- Towards Commercialising Cypress as a High-Value Plantation Forest Species
Dean Satchell,
March 2017 (Access: unrestricted)
Clonal cypress trials were established by the Forest Research Institute (now Scion) between 1994 and 1998 across a range of different regions and locations in New Zealand. Clonal cypress forestry…
- Macrocarpa- Faulkner's strain, Gisborne
Rodney Faulkner,
May 2014 (Access: unrestricted)
In 1905 My grandfather A.J. Faulkner took up land south of Gisborne. There was little in the way of native bush on these hills and he could see that there…
- Sawmilling of Himalayan cypress (Cupressus cashmeriana) in Northland
Dean Satchell,
September 2010 (Access: unrestricted)
I am not aware of any work on wood properties or sawmilling of this species in New Zealand. This despite reasonable quantities of C. torulosa timber coming into Canterbury with…
- A compilation of major knowledge gaps for cypresses (2008)
July 2008 (Access: unrestricted)
This is list has been drawn from multiple sources, it needs to be prioritised and rigorously pruned down with industry input. Seed source, breeding and propagation Siting and establishment Health Forest…
- Report: Why should industry invest in cypresses? A contract prepared for the Cypress Development Group with the assistance of FIDA
Jacqui Aimers,
January 2008 (Access: unrestricted)
The aim of this report is to give industry a status report on cypress forestry, including current knowledge and knowledge gaps, and present a business case for investment in cypress…
- Grade recoveries from sawing 22-year-old unpruned cypress clones
SWP-T116 - Access: unrestricted.
February 2021
A Scion clonal cypress trial established in 1997 provided the opportunity to determine the grade recoveries of sawn timber from two cypress clones; GH5 (Cupressus lusitanica) and Ovensii (Cupressus lusitanica…
- NZ Cypress Forestry Strategy - Stage One 2019-2020
SWP-T099 - Access: unrestricted.
November 2020
Interim report – industry consultation; forest resource analysis; draft strategy development Outcomes of consultation with corporate growers and the harvesting and marketing and consultancy sectors
- Dimensional Stability of Specialty Species (final report)
SWP-T090 - Access: unrestricted.
December 2019
Changes in the moisture content of wood changes its dimensions. The magnitude of these changes (dimensional stability) can have a large impact on how the wood performs in service. Poor…
- Non-destructive detection of the heartwood-sapwood barrier
SWP-T088 - Access: NZFFA membership. This SWP report shall at all times be kept confidential and not directly or indirectly be made available to anyone who is not an SWP member.
September 2019
This study examined the feasibility of using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging to identify the heartwood-sapwood barrier in trees (Eucalyptus globoidea, Eucalyptus bosistoana and Cupressus ovensii). The dielectric properties measured of…
- Dimensional Stability of Specialty Species (interim report)
SWP-T074 - Access: unrestricted.
May 2019
Dimensional changes caused by changes in wood moisture content (dimensional stability) can have a large impact on how the wood performs in service. Poor dimensional stability can lead to cracking,…
- LVL Stiffness Calculator User Guide
SWP-T059 - Access: unrestricted.
June 2018
This software is only intended to be used as a decision tool that enables questions to be asked about the potential suitability of a wood resource being able to supply a range of LVL grades.…
Farm Forestry - Headlines
Article archive »
- Forest Owners say native trees are nice but won’t solve the Climate Emergency
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
The Forest Owners Association says the just released Emissions Reduction Plan is a welcome and unprecedented blueprint for reducing New Zealand’s gross emissions. But the Association is warning that a…
- ‘Smart spade’ one of new technologies for forest silviculture project
Thursday, May 05, 2022
A ‘smart spade’ which identifies exactly where to plant a tree seedling is just one of the new technologies in the seven-year $25.5 million Precision Silviculture development project. The newly…
- Forest Owners call for forest trade mission to India
Monday, April 11, 2022
Forest Owners call for forest trade mission to India following approval of new fumigant for log exports The Forest Owners Association wants a delegation of government ministers to urgently go to…
- Forest Owners and Federated Farmers mourn passing of former Chief Executive of both organisations
Sunday, April 03, 2022
The pastoral and forest industries are mourning the recent passing of Rob McLagan, who served as Chief Executive of both Federated Farmers and the Forest Owners Association. Rob was CE…
- Joint efforts under way after unwanted pest detected in Tauranga
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Biosecurity New Zealand is working with primary sector and Te Tiriti partners after a single confirmed egg mass belonging to the moth pest the fall armyworm was found in Tauranga.…
- Forest Biosecurity update March 2022
Thursday, March 10, 2022
Check out the latest Biosecurity newsletter which gives an update on the biosecurity surveillance system, pitch pine canker, red needle cast, tortoise beetles, a new ladybird (always good) and the…
- Forest Owners says IPCC doesn't back Anne Salmond
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
The Forest Owners Association says highly qualified reservations in the latest International Panel on Climate Change report, do not back anthropologist Anne Salmond’s claims that New Zealand should switch exclusively…
- Forest Owners puzzled at overseas investment reform
Thursday, February 24, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is asking why the government needs to reintroduce more process around overseas investment for conversions from pasture to plantation forests. The Associate Minister of Finance, David…
- Forest Owners tell government to look across the Tasman
Monday, February 21, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is telling the government that Australia’s support of plantation forestry is in sharp contrast to the increasingly restrictive measures being promised in New Zealand by our…
- The folly of the native forest carbon solution
Monday, February 21, 2022
The Farm Forestry Association says anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond’s recently publicised views, that planting native forests offer the best solution to the climate crisis, is misinformed and misleading. Association President Graham West says the overwhelming…
- Forestry Minister has strategic leadership opportunity in farm forestry
Friday, February 04, 2022
The Farm Forestry Association says Forestry Minister, Stuart Nash, should incentivise farmers to plant more trees to combat climate change. Association President Graham West asks, “Why isn’t the government working…
- Forest Owners challenge Federated Farmers to prove misleading carbon farming claims
Tuesday, February 01, 2022
The Forest Owners Association is telling Federated Farmers that it needs to educate itself about how the Overseas Investment Act works before making any more false claims about non-existent overseas…
- Further tax changes possible
Monday, January 17, 2022
Changes are possible to the ‘cost of standing timber’ provisions of the Income Tax Act. Farm Forestry members have been working to help willing owners aggregate their forests for economies…
- Forest Owners say Fish and Game barking up the wrong tree
Thursday, December 09, 2021
The Forest Owners Association says Fish and Game’s criticism of exotic plantation forests doesn’t accord with reality. “Fish and Game is, quite simply, barking up the wrong tree when it…
- Changing causes and impacts of unwanted fires in our forest and rural landscapes
Friday, December 03, 2021
Commercial forests and climate change are regularly cited as contributors to an increase in unwanted rural fires in New Zealand. However, evidence suggests other factors are exacerbating the causes and…
- Consultation opens for registration of forestry advisers and log traders
Thursday, November 25, 2021
Key players in the forestry industry are encouraged to have their say on the design of a new registration system for log traders and forestry advisors with consultation opening today.…
- Forest Owners says lessons for New Zealand in UN Wood-Based Products Report
Friday, November 19, 2021
The Forest Owners Association says the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has laid down a blueprint for the New Zealand forest and wood industry, with the release of ‘Forest Products…
- New Zealand Forest Owners sign on to International Wood Manifesto leading into COP26
Thursday, October 28, 2021
The New Zealand Forest Owners Association has joined 17 other forest and timber organisations around the world in launching the International Wood Manifesto in London, to lead into the crucial…
- Forest Owners say ‘back the bat’
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Forest Owners Association is urging its members and the public to vote for the pekapeka – the Long-Tailed Bat - in the Forest and Bird sponsored Bird of the…
- Forest Owners says extra planting ‘just as well’ given slippage on carbon reduction targets
Friday, October 15, 2021
The Forest Owners Association is saying that foresters’ intentions to plant more trees is an immediate and practical insurance against New Zealand not achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. The Association…
Farm Forestry New Zealand
NZFFA on facebook