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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NZR

NZ Railway's clone

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Northland - Topuni	1996	9/15	6.6	5.2	5.9
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	10/14	6.6	6.2	6.1
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	8/9	7.6	7.4	7.5
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	17/20	6.6	7.6	7.1
Canterbury High Country	1996	15/21	4.7	7.3	6.0
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	22/25	6.7	7.5	7.1

Numbers measured/planted: 81/104

Form generally okay, but double and multiple leaders common, along with heavy branching, ramicorns and wobbly form. Some trees had severe canker and almost all trees had fairly heavy fluting. Nine trees dead or dying.