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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Pourakino (hybrid clone, Strathallen)

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Bay of Plenty - Kaingaroa	1997	7/10	4.8	6.8	5.8
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	7/7	6.3	7.2	6.7
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	10/30	5.8	6.6	6.2
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	4/10	5.3	7.5	6.4

Numbers measured/planted: 28/57

Generally good form, with some double and multiple leaders, tops broken, wobbly stems, ramicorns and heavy branching. Many stem cankers and flutes. Some foliar canker.