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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LMC

Longwood macrocarpa clone

Site Year Number measured/
total number planted
Growth & form Health Overall
score
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu 1996 8/14 4.9 6.7 5.8

Numbers measured/planted: 8/14

Poor form, double and multi leaders, wonky stem, fluting, ramicorns and branchy. This clone had reasonable health.