Indigenous forests, Auckland - investigations
- Document Type
- Reports, File notes
- Author
- Beveridge, A.E., Lloyd, R.C., Wilde, M.A.
- Project Creator
- NZ Forest Service
- Current Holder
- Forest Research Institute
- Accession Number
- TTT000171
- Old Accession Number
- TTT000171
- Location
- Room 927 Lever Arch FRI 28/6/1 (part)
- MS Number
- FRI 169
- Future Storage
- Forest Research Institute archives
- Period
- 1954-1987
- Volume
- 100 pp
- Content
- Index has titles for tagged sections. File note that bulldozer in Aupouri forest on 27.8.86 uncovered a layer of peat with preserved trees - wood, stamps leaves 'seed cases' (kauri cone scale?). Peat covered by 1m of sand and is located on top of large sand ridge. M.A. Wilde. Wood samples sent to FRI. Profile sketch (brown, weathered sand beneath peat). Tag 5: Prospects of tawa management - comment on Environmental Assessment of S.E. King Country Forests, Beveridge 28.10.73. Tag 9: Report on kauri and other indigenous forest of the far north, 8pp, R.C. Lloyd, undated. Carbon copy, no reference number (about 1960?) with photos.
- Source
- Auckland Conservancy Forests: Aupouri, Horakia, Pureora, Kaimai, Te Moehau, Coromandel, Russell, Gt Barrier
- Future Work
- Account of swamp kauri and its utilisation could be of interest, also changes to far north forests from time Lloyd wrote his unpublished paper (1960).
- General Note
- This ringbinder shares entries for Southland (28/6/7) and Auckland (28/6/1). Swamp kauri used in craft industry to produce craft ware.
- Sort
- indexed
- Publish
- Reference source only
- Security
- Medium
- Restriction
- Subject to FRI approval
- Species
- kauri (Agathis australis), tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), podocarps (Podocarpaceae), eucalypts (Eucalyptus spp)
- Keywords
- Buried Kauri, Far North Forest, Indigenous Species, Kauri, Swamp, Tawa, Wood Samples
- Subject Areas