Eastern District/Tapanui - Indigenous Silviculture
- Document Type
- Letters, Notes
- Project Creator
- NZ Forest Service
- Current Holder
- Archives New Zealand
- Accession Number
- TTT001026
- Old Accession Number
- TTT000026
- Location
- Dunedin Archives
- Archives Number
- CATM, D67, 43i, 28/20
- Period
- 1970 - 1986
- Volume
- Approx. 100 pp
- Content
- Notes on indigenous seed collection in Whirinaki forest including methods of collection of rimu and kahikatea (dated August 1978).Notes on 'Guidelines for planting indigenous species' including site selection for rimu, kahikatea, totara, tanekaha, the beeches, matai, miro, tawa and minor hardwoods. Also discusses types of seedling stock, patterns and intensity of plantings, site preparation and methods of planting, releasing, herbicide use and damaging agents (approx. 25 pp in from start). Also contains results of trials on use of herbicide trials.
- Source
- Whirinaki State Forest 58
- Future Work
- No.
- Sort
- Adequate. Sorted by date.
- Publish
- Yes, possibly
- Researchers
- D S Preest, G Pardy
- Security
- High
- Species
- rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), totara (Podocarpus totara)
- Keywords
- Herbicide, Herbicide Use, Indigenous Trees, Releasing, Site Selction, Site Selection
- Subject Areas
- Establishment: Determination of best sites for various indigenous species and the use of herbicides for better performance of indigenous tree species.