Artificial Establishment of Rimu
- Document Type
- Reports, Letters, Plot Records
- Project Creator
- NZ Forest Service
- Current Holder
- Archives New Zealand
- Accession Number
- TTT001013
- Old Accession Number
- TTT000013
- Location
- Christchurch Archives
- Archives Number
- CAJF, 2847, CH755, 135r, 28/26, 1
- Period
- 1963 - 1979
- Volume
- Approx. 80 pp
- Content
- Use of indigenous nursery stock for artificial regeneration for planting of recent cutover and the use of podocarp wildings for artificial regeneration of forests.Contains information and data on survival and growth of rimu wildings, lining out of rimu/hardwood species, seed storage and sowing instructions (nursery procedures for natives species - cleaning seeds, pre-sowing treatment, sowing, lining-out, planting techniques).There is a work plan which contains methodology of collecting rimu seeds and wildings.Contains two reports; One on 'Indigenous tree planting - Whirinaki Forest' (dated 29/08/1978) and the other on 'Indigenous Enrichment Trial S.P 85' which contains re-measurement data of drainage and shade on growth rate (dated 4/11/1963).
- Source
- Whirinaki Forest, Totara Flat
- Future Work
- Future work is possible. Sample plot numbers are recorded.
- General Note
- Appears to be two separate parts to this file. One on enrichment trials and the other on artificial stock.
- Sort
- Adequate. Sorted by date.
- Publish
- Yes, possibly
- Researchers
- G P S Allan, C D Gleason, R J Jackson, B J Gilbertson, I James, R Y Collins, T R Cosslett, A E Beveridge
- Security
- High
- Species
- rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides)
- Keywords
- Artificial Regeneration, Planting Rimu, Seed Collection, Wildings
- Subject Areas
- Nursery: Seed collection of rimu, sowing, lining out.
- Regeneration: Natural regeneration versus artificial.
- Growth: Effects on drainage and growth rates of rimu.