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Podocarp plantings, Mamaku Plateau

Document Type
Numerical data, Data sheets
Author
Pardy, G.F., Steward, G.A., Preest, D.S.H.
Project Creator
Forest Research Institute
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000137
Old Accession Number
TTT000137
Location
Room 927, Cabinet 7 Drawer 2, Folders PSP RO 312-314
MS Number
FRI 137
Other Reference Number
FRI files 28/6/0/2, 28/4/2
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
1959-1987
Volume
1000+ pp
Content
Dozens of folders containing thousands of data sheets. Both field and office copies of sample plot records (Area planted 1959/61). Bundles of data sheets for remeasurements from 1962-1987, at intervals of several years. 34,000 nursery-raised podocarps planted in groups, lines or lanes, in residual cutover forest of tawa/kamahi/Ixerba. Podocarps logged up to 1946. Sites for planting made by hand felling or tractor to create canopy gaps. Trial was established by D J Preest, and assessed and reported mainly by G F Pardy (ex. FRI) and DOC.
Source
Mamaku Plateau, formerly FRI Experimental Area, by SH5
Future Work
Re-measure and assess 20 years after last measurement (1987).
Reference
8 project records (unpublished) and short published papers, mainly by G Pardy and G Steward.
General Note
Area is now in Patetere Conservation Area, managed by DOC since 1987. QE-II covenant from 2002. Exotic 'nurse' mainly died or may be killed standing; a few eucalypts survive. Best rimu, kahikatea, totara now emerging at heights of 1-15 m. and area has been returned to well-established dense podocarp forest. All project records and articles annotated fully be Beveridge for Mamaku Bibliography, for publication by DOC in 2007.
Sort
Sorted, no index
Publish
Contains material suitable for publication
Researchers
D J Preest, G Pardy, G Steward
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), tanekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides), totara (Podocarpus totara), matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia)
Keywords
Cutover, Establishment, Mamaku Plateau, Podocarps, Restoration, Site Preparation
Subject Areas