Farm Forestry New ZealandNorthland poplar trials
Report Date: Ongoing, from 2021.
Author: Dean Satchell
Senior Forest Service Advisor
Forest Service Advice
Te Uru Rākau - New Zealand Forest Service
Ministry for Primary Industries - Manatū Ahu Matua
forestserviceadvice@mpi.govt.nz
Mobile: 022 0107961
Phone: +64 9 2207864
Cultivars - NZ 83-045-002
Bred in 1983.
P. maximowiczii x P. nigra
NZ 83-045-002
Mother: P. maximowiczii Unknown
Father: P. nigra PN 019, Italica
Sex:
Trials with this cultivar:
From Trevor Jones:
Two trees of the P. maximowiczii × nigra clone NZ 83-045-002 are shown in the centre foreground, photo, taken in October 2023.
The trees are 35 years old, growing in a poplar trial on John Cousin’s farm at Zigzag Road, Manawatu.
This is a male poplar clone, with straight stems, slight stem fluting, reasonably smooth bark and light branching. The breast height outerwood increment core (October 2023) data from Scion is given in the table below. The wood basic density is low to moderate for a poplar clone.
| Increment core code | Location | Length | Growth rings | Core segment lengths (mm) | Basic density (kg/m3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (mm) | Inner | Mid | Outer | Inner | Mid | Outer | Whole core | |||
| NZ 83-045-002 | Zigzag Road, Manawatu | 192 | 24 | 71 | 71 | 50 | 325 | 333 | 340 | 332 |
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