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
+64 21 2357554


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C. macrocarpa clone, 1984 production plantings, Strathallen

Site Year Number measured/
total number planted
Growth & form Health Overall
score
Canterbury High Country 1996 9/24 4.5 6.9 5.7
South Otago, Balclutha 1995 & 1996 10/22 6.5 8.0 7.2

Numbers measured/planted: 19/46

Generally okay form, but often wobbly stem form. Good health