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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CP9

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	28/40	5.6	5.8	5.7

Numbers measured/planted: 29/40

Lots of stem canker and very thin crowns from canker, several trees were dying from canker. Poor form with wobbly stems, double leaders, very branchy stems and heavy branching.