Tāne’s Tree Trust

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Indigenous forest inventory - General

Document Type
Letters, Plot Records, Plans, Minutes
Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Archives New Zealand
Accession Number
TTT001007
Old Accession Number
TTT000007
Location
Christchurch Archives
Archives Number
CAJF, 2847, CH755, 139d, 31/3, 1
Period
1975-1984
Volume
Approx. 200 pp
Content
Contains indigenous forestry inventory of wood supply, 0.2 ha plots. Each sawlog cruised, chipwood estimated, volumes (m3/ha) and stems/ha. Metric volume equations for indigenous species including mature kauri, rimu, silver, red, hard and mountain, pole kauri, rimu, tawa and beech and native hardwoods.Basic data sets for developing equations and methodology. Upgraded volume table for indigenous forestry on individual species basis.
Source
Ahaura Kopara Rd, Ahaura, North Westland. Research was carried out on an amentity strip in immediate vincity of Ahaura sawmill.
Future Work
No.
General Note
Map of Granville included with forest types and detailed methodology of survey.
Sort
No index, sorted by date. Relevant material dated 3/1/80.
Copy
No
Publish
No
Researchers
M A Cowan, C D Gleason
Security
High
Species
rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), red beech (Nothofagus fusca), hard beech (Nothofagus truncata), miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea), mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides), kaikawaka (Libocedrus bidwillii)
Keywords
Indigenous Trees, Volume Equations, Wood Supply
Subject Areas