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Bush nurseries, Pureora

Document Type
Reports, Numerical data
Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000126
Old Accession Number
TTT000126
Location
Held in Scion archives
MS Number
FRI 126
Other Reference Number
FRI 28/0/10/1, 28/6/0/2
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
1978-1985
Volume
20 pp
Content
Describes 6 'bush nursery' sites where attempts were made to secure natural regeneration of podocarps from sowing seed on prepared ground in clearings, or from seed dispersed from marginal trees, or spreading branches with attached seed. The original objective was to obtain abundant natural seedlings suitable for transplanting and raising in nursery beds. The bush nurseries were established during a heavy rimu see fall with seed easily collected for sowing in nursery beds. The objective of the trial was then changed to an ecological study to determine natural regeneration abundance and growth on skid sites. Some site preparation was tried by ripping ground or adding loose pumice.
Source
Pureora Forest, North & South blocks
Future Work
No indigenous plants can be transplanted from forests managed by DOC, but see general notes below
Reference
Abundance and development of podocarp seedlings has been covered in reports by S. Taylor and others.
General Note
A bush nursery established by Fort Rd, Whirinaki in 1961, by tractor clearing of a gap surrounded by seed trees, produced some 20,000 rimu seedlings on sandy pumice invaded by wineberry and manuka, which were successfully transplanted to nursery beds when 10-20 cm tall.
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Researchers
S Taylor
Security
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Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), totara (Podocarpus totara)
Keywords
Bush Nurseries, Cleared Sites, Podocarps, Regeneration, Site Preparation, Skid Sites
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