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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C. macrocarpa clone, 882.308, Dudley's Ashley trees

Site Year Number measured/
total number planted
Growth & form Health Overall
score
South Canterbury, Waimate 1998 19/20 5.6 7.0 6.3
South Otago, Balclutha 1995 & 1996 5/9 5.8 7.0 6.4

Numbers measured/planted: 24/29

Variable form. Form issues include broken tops, wonky and wobbly form with kinks, and heavy branching. Some trees with stem canker and thin crowns.