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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Strathallen macrocarpa seedlings

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Northland - Topuni	1996	4/14	6.2	5.6	5.9
Bay of Plenty - Kaingaroa	1997	10/10	5.7	5.9	5.8
South Otago, Balclutha	1995 & 1996	17/22	6.1	7.7	6.9

Numbers measured/planted: 31/46

Form issues incude double and multiple leaders, heavy branching and branchiness, wobbly and wonky stems. Health issues include stem canker and fluting, and foliar canker.