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Macrocarpa plantation

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Macrocarpa plantation

Small woodlots of macrocarpa have been established on farms throughout the country and if well pruned, healthy trees yield strong, durable timber. Macrocarpa can be used for many purposes around a farm such as exterior joinery, weatherboards, gates and fence posts, and is in demand for making furniture, interior panels, flooring and framings. These 11-year-old trees are in a plantation in Balclutha, Otago.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Trees in the rural landscape – Macrocarpa and other conifers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19697/macrocarpa-plantation (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.