LAND MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 2 Shelterbelt Trees
Introduction References Once you have decided where a shelterbelt Planting Native Plants in Hawke’s Bay. will be planted (see Environment Topic Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 1 Department of Conservation, Napier. Shelter Design), use this Environment New Zealand Native Plants for Erosion Topic to assist you in deciding what Control. Environment Topic NT1, Hawke’s species should be planted. The third in this Bay Regional Council, Napier. 1998. series on Shelterbelt Establishment and Maintenance discusses how to plant and Plant Materials Handbook for Soil manage the shelterbelt. Conservation. Volume 1: Principles and Practices. Water and Soil Miscellaneous What to plant Publication No. 93. Soil Conservation For any shelterbelt there are a variety of Centre, Aokautere, 1986. trees to choose from. You need to Infosheet: Wilding Trees. Environment compare the trees in terms of: Canterbury, Christchurch. ¥Growth rates and final size www.ecan.govt.nz ¥Resistance to pests and diseases ¥Hardiness Trees on Farms. A guide with local ¥ Amounts of shade produced experience of growing trees in the Waikato ¥Fodder Region. Environment Waikato in ¥Bee nectar/pollen, attracting birds, association with MAF Sustainable Farming flowers, foliage colour or just general Fund, NZ Farm Forestry Association and good looks, Federated Farmers, Hamilton, 2002. ¥Shelter objectives (for example which Guide To Successful Farm Forestry wind direction are you sheltering from A Hawke’s Bay Perspective and alternative uses from the same trees). Kevin Thomsen, Simon Stokes, Alec Olsen & Susan Mackintosh. Hawke's Bay Farm For further information Shelter species For further information on Sustainable Land Forestry Assn 2005. Management issues and Conservation Trees The tables on the following pages list ask for other titles in this series or contact species suitable for shelter. Once you have Land Management Officers at Hawke’s Bay made your selection check around the local Regional Council. area to see if any of the trees are grown and if they are, how well they are growing. Wairoa 06 838 8527 Napier 06 835 9200 Talk to your local Farm Forestry expert or Waipukurau 06 858 8636 Land Management Officer. You need to be TOLL FREE 0800 108 808 sure of your tree selection, as you will have www.hbrc.govt.nz them for many years.
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Fast growing
species
Evergreen
Low or slow growing species
Fast growin g specie s
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Deciduous
Low or slow growing species
Low or slow growing evergreen species for
underplanting
Medium-tall hardwood Tall species
Mediu m height specie s
Leeward species
Fast growin g
Tall
Slow growing in medium to high rainfall areas
Tall Windward species
Slow growing in low rainfall areas
Coastal
Leeward species
Conifers
growing Fast
Low-Medium
Windward species
Unpruned
Medium growing
E
E
E
E E
E
E
E
N
E, N
E, N
E, N
E, N
Slow growin g
Evergreen (E)
NZ Native (N)
Deciduous (D)
for
Pruned Timber
e
D
D
E
E
E
E E
E E
E
E
E
E E E
E
E
E
mmon Nam
E,N
E, N
E, N
Evergreen (E)
Deciduous(D) NZ Native (N)
Coastal golden wattle
Brush wattle E Norfolk Island Pine Coast banksia E Taupata, Coprosma Cabbage tree, Ti Karaka E,N Leyland cypress Akeake E, N Coral tree D
Norfolk Island hibiscus Pohutakawa E, N
Ngaio E, N Akiraho E, N Chatham Island akeake Mountain flax E, N Lowland flax/harakeke Bishop pine E Radiata pine E Karo E
Tainui E N Holm oak E
Tamarix D Shrubby germander
Name
Common
e.g. Crows Nest Douglas fir E
i.e. Tangoio D Sierra redwood Western red cedar
Spanish fir E
Australian blackwood
Italian alder D Black alder D Grey alder D Red alder D
bottlebrush E Deodar E Tagasaste or tree lucerne Korokio E, N Japanese cedar
Leyland cypress
Mountain flax
Lowland flax/harakeke Corsican pine
Bishop pine E Ponderosa pine Radiata pine E
sophorae
var
subsp
Scientific Name Co
Scientific Name
Populus spp.
Pseudotsuga menziesii Salix discolour Salix spp. Sequioadendron giganteum Thuja plicata
Table 2. Shelter Trees for Coastal Areas
Acacia longifolia Albizzia lophantha Araucaria heterophylla
Banksia integrifolia Coprosma repens Cordyline australis Corynocarpus laevigatus XCupressocyparis leylandii Dodonaea viscosa Erythrina sykesii Eucalyptus botryoides Lagunaria patersonii Metrosideros excelsa
Myoporum insulare Myoporum laetum Oleria paniculata Oleria traversii Phormium cookianum Phormium tenax Pinus muricata Pinus radiata Pittosporum crassifolium Pittosporum ralphii Pomaderris apetala Quercus ilex Senecio reinoldii Tamarix chinensis Teucrium fruticans
Table 1. Shelter Trees
Abelia grandiflora Abies pinsapo Acacia floribunda Acacia melanoxylon Acacia retinodes
Acacia spp. Alnus cordata Alnus glutinosa Alnus incana Alnus rubra Bambusa oldhamii Callistemon spp. Cedrus deodara Chamaecytisus palmensis Corokia spp. Cryptomeria japonica Cupressus torulosa XCupressocyparis leylandii Eucalyptus spp. Melaleuca spp. Oleria spp. Phebalium squameum Phormium cookianum Phormium tenax Pinus nigra laricio Pinus muricata Pinus ponderosa
Pinus radiata Pittosporum spp.
Fast growing
species
Evergreen
Low or slow growing species
Fast growin g specie s
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Deciduous
Low or slow growing species
Low or slow growing evergreen species for
underplanting
Medium-tall hardwood Tall species
Mediu m height specie s
Leeward species
Fast growin g
Tall
Slow growing in medium to high rainfall areas
Tall Windward species
Slow growing in low rainfall areas
Coastal
Leeward species
Conifers
growing Fast
Low-Medium
Windward species
Unpruned
Medium growing
E
E
E
E E
E
E
E
N
E, N
E, N
E, N
E, N
Slow growin g
Evergreen (E)
NZ Native (N)
Deciduous (D)
for
Pruned Timber
e
D
D
E
E
E
E E
E E
E
E
E
E E E
E
E
E
mmon Nam
E,N
E, N
E, N
Evergreen (E)
Deciduous(D) NZ Native (N)
Coastal golden wattle
Brush wattle E Norfolk Island Pine Coast banksia E Taupata, Coprosma Cabbage tree, Ti Karaka E,N Leyland cypress Akeake E, N Coral tree D
Norfolk Island hibiscus Pohutakawa E, N
Ngaio E, N Akiraho E, N Chatham Island akeake Mountain flax E, N Lowland flax/harakeke Bishop pine E Radiata pine E Karo E
Tainui E N Holm oak E
Tamarix D Shrubby germander
Name
Common
e.g. Crows Nest Douglas fir E
i.e. Tangoio D Sierra redwood Western red cedar
Spanish fir E
Australian blackwood
Italian alder D Black alder D Grey alder D Red alder D
bottlebrush E Deodar E Tagasaste or tree lucerne Korokio E, N Japanese cedar
Leyland cypress
Mountain flax
Lowland flax/harakeke Corsican pine
Bishop pine E Ponderosa pine Radiata pine E
sophorae
var
subsp
Scientific Name Co
Scientific Name
Populus spp.
Pseudotsuga menziesii Salix discolour Salix spp. Sequioadendron giganteum Thuja plicata
Table 2. Shelter Trees for Coastal Areas
Acacia longifolia Albizzia lophantha Araucaria heterophylla
Banksia integrifolia Coprosma repens Cordyline australis Corynocarpus laevigatus XCupressocyparis leylandii Dodonaea viscosa Erythrina sykesii Eucalyptus botryoides Lagunaria patersonii Metrosideros excelsa
Myoporum insulare Myoporum laetum Oleria paniculata Oleria traversii Phormium cookianum Phormium tenax Pinus muricata Pinus radiata Pittosporum crassifolium Pittosporum ralphii Pomaderris apetala Quercus ilex Senecio reinoldii Tamarix chinensis Teucrium fruticans
Table 1. Shelter Trees
Abelia grandiflora Abies pinsapo Acacia floribunda Acacia melanoxylon Acacia retinodes
Acacia spp. Alnus cordata Alnus glutinosa Alnus incana Alnus rubra Bambusa oldhamii Callistemon spp. Cedrus deodara Chamaecytisus palmensis Corokia spp. Cryptomeria japonica Cupressus torulosa XCupressocyparis leylandii Eucalyptus spp. Melaleuca spp. Oleria spp. Phebalium squameum Phormium cookianum Phormium tenax Pinus nigra laricio Pinus muricata Pinus ponderosa
Pinus radiata Pittosporum spp. LAND MANAGEMENT
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 2 Shelterbelt Trees
Introduction References Once you have decided where a shelterbelt Planting Native Plants in Hawke’s Bay. will be planted (see Environment Topic Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Shelter for Hill Country Farms: Part 1 Department of Conservation, Napier. Shelter Design), use this Environment New Zealand Native Plants for Erosion Topic to assist you in deciding what Control. Environment Topic NT1, Hawke’s species should be planted. The third in this Bay Regional Council, Napier. 1998. series on Shelterbelt Establishment and Maintenance discusses how to plant and Plant Materials Handbook for Soil manage the shelterbelt. Conservation. Volume 1: Principles and Practices. Water and Soil Miscellaneous What to plant Publication No. 93. Soil Conservation For any shelterbelt there are a variety of Centre, Aokautere, 1986. trees to choose from. You need to Infosheet: Wilding Trees. Environment compare the trees in terms of: Canterbury, Christchurch. ¥Growth rates and final size www.ecan.govt.nz ¥Resistance to pests and diseases ¥Hardiness Trees on Farms. A guide with local ¥ Amounts of shade produced experience of growing trees in the Waikato ¥Fodder Region. Environment Waikato in ¥Bee nectar/pollen, attracting birds, association with MAF Sustainable Farming flowers, foliage colour or just general Fund, NZ Farm Forestry Association and good looks, Federated Farmers, Hamilton, 2002. ¥Shelter objectives (for example which Guide To Successful Farm Forestry wind direction are you sheltering from A Hawke’s Bay Perspective and alternative uses from the same trees). Kevin Thomsen, Simon Stokes, Alec Olsen & Susan Mackintosh. Hawke's Bay Farm For further information Shelter species For further information on Sustainable Land Forestry Assn 2005. Management issues and Conservation Trees The tables on the following pages list ask for other titles in this series or contact species suitable for shelter. Once you have Land Management Officers at Hawke’s Bay made your selection check around the local Regional Council. area to see if any of the trees are grown and if they are, how well they are growing. Wairoa 06 838 8527 Napier 06 835 9200 Talk to your local Farm Forestry expert or Waipukurau 06 858 8636 Land Management Officer. You need to be TOLL FREE 0800 108 808 sure of your tree selection, as you will have www.hbrc.govt.nz them for many years.
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