Biomass and root attributes of eight of New Zealand’s most common indigenous evergreen conifer and broadleaved forest species during the first 5 years of establishment

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Table 1 Indigenous conifers and broadleaved species trialled and number of trees extracted each year of the trial

Botanical name	Common name	Root system type	Number of plants extracted/species/year
Plant age (years)	Common name	Root system type	1	2	3	4	5	Species total
Coniferous species
Agathis australis	Kauri	Tap	10	10	10	10	10	50
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides	Kahikatea	Tap	10	10	10	10	10	50
Dacrydium cupressinum	Rimu	Tap	10	10	10	10	10	50
Podocarpus totara	Totara	Tap	10	10	10	10	10	50
Prumnopitys ferruginea	Miro	Plate	10	10	10	10	10	50
Prumnopitys taxifolia	Matai	Plate	10	10	10	10	10	50
Broadleaved species
Alectryon excelsus	Titoki	Plate	10	10	10	10	9	49
Vitex lucens	Puriri	Tap	10	10	10	6	5	41
Annual total			80	80	80	76	74	390