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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RURU

Ruru clone, C. macrocarpa

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Canterbury, Okuti Valley, Banks peninsula	1994 & 1995	5/10	4.8	3.9	4.3
South Canterbury, Waimate	1998	21/40	5.5	7.3	6.4

Numbers measured/planted: 26/50

Poor form, subject to broken and dead tops, double leaders, branchiness, wobbly stem and branchy with heavy branches. Susceptible to both stem and foliar canker disease.