Pinus contorta or lodgepole pine, has become a major pest of the tussock country. Originally seeded from the Karioi pine plantation at Tangiwai, contorta readily colonised the Waiouru grasslands. Crushing and burning were the main techniques to contain it 20 years ago, but the folly of that approach was immediately evident in even denser wilding stands. A major programme on Army land of cutting trees back before they can seed is having some success.
GEOFF ROGERS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 20
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76Pinus contorta or lodgepole pine, has become a major pest of the tussock country. Originally seeded from the Karioi pine plantation at Tangiwai, contorta readily colonised the Waiouru grasslands. Crushing and burning were the main techniques to contain it 20 years ago, but the folly of that approach was immediately evident in even denser wilding stands. A major programme on Army land of cutting trees back before they can seed is having some success. GEOFF ROGERS Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 20
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