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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 64

Table II. — Approximate Dimensions and Growth of the Principal Timber Trees of Otago

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Popular Name. Botanical Name. Ordinary Length. Dimensions Diameter. Approximate Age. No. of Annual Rings in an Inch. Thickness of Sap.wood. Feet. Inches. Years. Inches. Manuka ... Leptospermum ericoides ... ... 30 to 60 12 to 24 100 to 250 20½ Rata ... ... Metrosideros lucida ... ... 30 to 40 24 to 48 200 to 450 19½ Kowhai ... Sophora tretaptera ... ... 20 to 40 18 to 36 140 to 270 15 1 to 8 Broadleaf ... Grisclinia littoralis ... ... 15 to 25 36 to 72 340 to 700 19 2 Pokaka ... Elœsocarpus hookerianus ... ... 60 30 200 14 4 Cedar Libocedrus bidwillii ... ... 20 to 40 18 to 42 150 to 400 15 to 28 1 to 41 Miro ... ... Podocarpus ferruginea ... ... 20 to 50 18 to 36 150 to 300 20 3 to 12 Totara ... Podocarpus totani ... ... 20 to 80 30 to 60 470 to 800 26 3 to 6 Black pine ... Podocarpus spicata ... ... 20 to 40 24 to 42 270 to 400 23 2 to 4 White pine ... Podocarpus dacrydioides ... 40 30 to 48 370 to 600 25 12 Red pine ... Dacrydium cupressinum ... 20 to 80 30 to 48 400 to 650 27 3 to 6 Celery pine Phyllocladus trichomanoides ... 30 to 40 24 to 36 280 to 400 23 1½ Yellow pine Dacrydium colensoi ... ... 5 to 20 30 300 21 1 Silver birch Fagus menziesii ... ... ... 20 to 80 20 to 45 150 to 330 12 to 19 31 Red birch ... Fagus fusca ... ... ... 20 to 60 20 to 18 150 to 300 10 to 17 1 to 4 Black birch Fagus solandri ... ... ... 50 to 80 21 to 45 80 to 180 6 to 9 3

Table II.

Approximate Dimensions and Growth of the Principal Timber Trees of Otago.

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