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Story: Radiata pine

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. A Californian import

  3. Plantations in New Zealand

  4. Propagation and planting

  5. Growing and harvesting the forest

  6. Multi-purpose plantations

  7. The wood

  8. Uses of pine timber

  9. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - A Californian import

Female cone

Female cone

Radiata pine

Radiata pine

Radiata pine plantation

Radiata pine plantation

From page 2 - Plantations in New Zealand

Veteran pine tree

Veteran pine tree

Radiata pine at Mt Peel Station

Radiata pine at Mt Peel Station

Controlling pollination

Controlling pollination

From page 3 - Propagation and planting

Tissue culture

Tissue culture (1st of 2)

Pine clones

Pine clones (2nd of 2)

Planting pines

Planting pines

From page 4 - Growing and harvesting the forest

Life cycle of a managed radiata pine

Life cycle of a managed radiata pine

Pruned pines

Pruned pines

Felling a pine

Felling a pine (1st of 3)

Grapple skidder

Grapple skidder (2nd of 3)

Delimbing a log

Delimbing a log (3rd of 3)

Typical log output from a plantation pine

Typical log output from a plantation pine

From page 5 - Multi-purpose plantations

Carbon sinks

Carbon sinks

Pine on pumice soils

Pine on pumice soils (1st of 3)

Pine on weathered schist

Pine on weathered schist (2nd of 3)

Pine and lupin on dunes

Pine and lupin on dunes (3rd of 3)

Female sirex wasp

Female sirex wasp

Wind damaged pines

Wind damaged pines

From page 6 - The wood

Cross-section of a pine log

Cross-section of a pine log

Cross-section of a pine trunk

Cross-section of a pine trunk

Pine bark mulch

Pine bark mulch

From page 7 - Uses of pine timber

Radiata pine house framing

Radiata pine house framing

New Zealand-made newsprint

New Zealand-made newsprint (1st of 4)

Fibreboard

Fibreboard (2nd of 4)

Plywood

Plywood (3rd of 4)

Laminated pine

Laminated pine (4th of 4)

Logs ready for export

Logs ready for export

How to cite this page:

Peter Berg, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/radiata-pine/media (accessed 17 January 2021)

Story by Peter Berg, published 24 Nov 2008

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