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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Ovensii clone, Leyland hybrid (lusitanica x nootka)

Site Year Number measured/
total number planted
Growth & form Health Overall
score
Northland - Topuni 1996 15/19 6.6 9.3 8.0
Bay of Plenty - Kaingaroa 1997 11/11 6.5 9.3 7.9
Gisborne, Wharerata 1995 & 1996 6/8 7.7 8.8 8.2
Canterbury High Country 1996 19/20 5.9 8.4 7.1
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu 1996 14/16 6.1 9.1 7.6
South Canterbury, Waimate 1998 38/40 5.9 8.0 7.0
South Otago, Balclutha 1995 & 1996 9/13 6.5 8.1 7.3

Numbers measured/planted: 112/127

Form generally good, but ramicorns common, along with double and miltiple leaders, wobbly and wonky stem, and heavy branching.