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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C150

Calbet clone, C. macrocarpa Mahinapua

Site	Year	Number measured/ total number planted	Growth & form	Health	Overall score
Wairarapa, Tinui	1994 & 1995	18/25	5.2	6.4	5.8

Numbers measured/planted: 18/25

Only at Wairarapa site. Stem canker and fluting. poor form, multiple leaders, ramicorns, double leaders, heavy branching. One dead standing, one dead rotting, some dying.