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

Canterbury High Country

FR328/7 Exp. 16, planted 1996

Clone ID	Number present	Score
C135	38/52	5.7
FD	28/44	7.2
NZR	15/21	6.0
OV	19/20	7.1
SHILL	49/60	6.7
SLC	33/40	6.8
SMC	26/50	6.4
S4	5/10	5.4
S5	9/24	5.7
59	34/46	6.2
296	11/21	5.8
340	15/22	5.9
342	14/19	5.8

Site information

"Ribbonwood Station" is situated at the foothills of the Southern Alps. The trial block is at the foot of a hill and relatively less exposed than much of this country. The soil appears reasonably well drained but of relatively low fertility.

A stand of Douglas fir the same age as the cypress block was measured for DBH. Eleven trees were randomly sampled and measured. The average DBH was 30.6 cm. This compared with average diameters for Ferndown of 22.5 cm and Ovensii of 19.8 cm.

Latitude	Elevation (m)	Mean annual rainfall (mm)	Mean winter temperature (°C)	Mean annual temperature (°C)	Mean summer temperature (°C)	Mean summer rainfall (mm)	Mean winter rainfall (mm)	Spring and autumn rainfall (mm)
44.3775	665	813.8	2.1	8.5	14.5	218.1	198.9	396.8

Clone bar charts