Tāne’s Tree Trust

Archive Database

Indigenous tree species

Document Type
File notes
Project Creator
Forest Research Institute
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000057
Old Accession Number
TTT000057
Location
Held in Scion archives
MS Number
FRI 50
Other Reference Number
FRI files 28/6 series
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
mainly 1970s, 1980s
Volume
100 pp
Content
Ten folders titled by genus: Tawa (Beilschmiedia) - photo captions for young fruits and mature seeds damaged by possums; botanical accounts of tawa and taraire, ecology (C M Smale, file note in FRI 28/6/0/3); field visit (J Bathgate 9.10.81). Hinau and pokaka (Elaeocarpus). Rewarewa (Knightia) - letters summarising information 1977 (Prior/Herbert in FRI 28/1/17); extract from dissertation (Paul Robin) on growth of rewarewa. Manuka/kanuka (Leptospermum) reference list for Ian Nicholas BFSc 1975; thesis by Molloy 1975; management for firewood - letter by AE Beveridge to A Whitaker dated 12.9.83 in FRI 28/0/1 (Motueka project). Kaikawaka (Libocedrus) - published notes and papers, regeneration strategies in What's New No.95 (1981). Rate and pohutukawa (Metrosideros) correspondence on pohutukawa planting in FRI 48/0 (March 1982). Copy of Nature Heritage article on rata. Beech species (Nothofagus) folder has copies of "Beech research news" 1974-80 (Scientific Co-ordinating Committee for beech research. Wide range of items including planting trials. Tanekaha (Phyllocladus) file has only copies of published papers.
Source
Geographic range of species in 10 genera
General Note
Planting of beech species may be an activity of Tane members - mainly for amenity values if pinhole and ghost moth (North Island) attack is likely.Collection contains folders for individual beech species as well as "Nothofagus" - mainly copies of published papers.
Publish
Issues of Beech Research News. FRI Bulletins (Pardy, Bergin etc)
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), hinau (Elaeocarpus dentatus), rewarewa (Knightia excelsa), kanuka (Kunzia ericoides), pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides), beech (Nothofagus spp), broadleaved species, pokaka (Elaeocarpus hookerianus), manuka (Leptospermum scoparius), rata (Metrosideros sp)
Keywords
Broadleaved Species, Ecological Characteristics, Growth Rates, Timber Uses, Wood Properties
Subject Areas