Story: Radiata pine All images & media From page 1 – A Californian import Female cone Radiata pine Radiata pine plantation From page 2 – Plantations in New Zealand Veteran pine tree Radiata pine at Mt Peel Station Controlling pollination From page 3 – Propagation and planting Tissue culture (1st of 2) Pine clones (2nd of 2) Planting pines From page 4 – Growing and harvesting the forest Life cycle of a managed radiata pine Pruned pines Felling a pine (1st of 3) Grapple skidder (2nd of 3) Delimbing a log (3rd of 3) Typical log output from a plantation pine From page 5 – Multi-purpose plantations Carbon sinks Pine on pumice soils (1st of 3) Pine on weathered schist (2nd of 3) Pine and lupin on dunes (3rd of 3) Female sirex wasp Wind damaged pines From page 6 – The wood Cross-section of a pine log Cross-section of a pine trunk Pine bark mulch From page 7 – Uses of pine timber Radiata pine house framing New Zealand-made newsprint (1st of 4) Fibreboard (2nd of 4) Plywood (3rd of 4) Laminated pine (4th of 4) Logs ready for export
