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Russell Forest, history of kauri planting

Document Type
Numerical data
Author
Cooper, T.J.
Project Creator
NZ Forest Service
Current Holder
Forest Research Institute
Accession Number
TTT000040
Old Accession Number
TTT000040
Location
Held in Scion archives
MS Number
FRI 67
Future Storage
Forest Research Institute archives
Period
1986
Volume
70 pp
Content
Blue ringbinder with yellow letters 'Russell Forest': appears to be Trevor Cooper's own file sent from the KMU. Contains miscellaneous correspondence and some measurements of early kauri planting 1950-63 and later planting 1978-82. Rimu planted 1981, measured 1986 - data in memo dated 21.86 (sic) in KMU file 28/2/0. Contents roughly indexed. Cooper (2.4.85) refers to new kauri policy and amended procedure for planting in groups of 3-5 seedlings at intervals of about 10m. See SP906 for response of kauri to site conditions (FRI 12). Recorded (21..9.84) that 350,000 kauri were planted on 800ha in Northland. Good concise account of Russell Forest management history (undated, but possible 1986 by Cooper).
Source
Russell Forest
Reference
Sample plot A906. Growth of planted kauri, 1963-1984 recorded on 16.2.86 in KMU file 6/123.
Sort
Sorted, indexed
Copy
Not required
Publish
Reference source only
Researchers
R Lloyd, T Cooper
Security
Medium
Restriction
Subject to FRI approval
Species
kauri (Agathis australis), rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum)
Keywords
Group Planting, Kauri, Kauri, Planting, Planting Procedures, Russell Forest
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