Botanical name | Common name | Mean tree biomass (kg) | Carbon content (kg) | Carbon stock (t CO2/1000 spha) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coniferous species | ||||
Agathis australis | Kauri | 0.32 (0.03)a | 0.16 (0.02)a | 0.53 (0.05)a |
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides | Kahikatea | 1.60 (0.24)bc | 0.80 (0.12)bc | 2.64 (0.40)bc |
Dacrydium cupressinum | Rimu | 1.56 (0.13)c | 0.78 (0.06)c | 2.58 (0.21)c |
Podocarpus totara | Totara | 2.59 (0.32)d | 1.30 (0.16)d | 4.28 (0.53)d |
Prumnopitys ferruginea | Miro | 0.52 (0.09)a | 0.26 (0.04)a | 0.85 (0.15)a |
Prumnopitys taxifolia | Matai | 0.72 (0.07)ab | 0.36 (0.03)ab | 1.18 (0.12)ab |
Broadleaved species | ||||
Alectryon excelsus | Titoki | 1.49 (0.23)c | 0.75 (0.12)c | 2.47 (0.39)c |
Vitex lucens | Puriri | 4.28 (0.92)e | 2.14 (0.46)e | 7.07 (1.52)e |