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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GSL

Gwava's select lusitanica

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Gisborne, Wharerata	1995 & 1996	6/9	7.4	8.2	7.8
Bay of Plenty - Waiotapu	1996	9/15	5.4	6.9	6.2

Numbers measured/planted: 15/24

Often poor form with double and multi leaders, ramicorns. Eight trees were either dying or dead, suggesting high susceptibility to canker. Highly variable with the occasional nice tree.