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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Nicholls #3 clone, Cupressus hybrid, macrocarpa shelterbelt top block John Nicholls

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	32/40	5.8	7.5	6.7

Numbers measured/planted: 32/40

Generally reasonable form but usually with wobbly stem and heavy branches, with occasional double leaders,. Usually good halth but some trees had stem cankers. Only on one site, Waimate.