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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GL11

Gwava's lusitanica clone #11

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Bay of Plenty - Kaingaroa	1997	9/9	4.8	7.6	6.2
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	12/14	6.1	7.6	6.8

Numbers measured/planted: 21/23

Generally nice but variablke lusitanica clone. Form issues include wonkiness of stems with some heavy branching and occasional multi-leaders