New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Continuation of wood increment in Olearia ilicifolia during the winter of 1984

PETER HAASE

Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
University of Canterbury
Private Bag, Christchurch, New Zealand

Abstract Cambial activity of a subalpine popu- lation of Olearia ilicifolia continued throughout the mild winter of 1984 with a subsequent resting period from September to November. Radial growth ceased from June to October in older trees at another stand at similar altitude some 400 m distant. It is suggested that mild winter tempera- tures allowed the continuation of wood increment in the younger trees.

Keywords Olearia ilicifolia; wood increment; growth ring; temperature response; resting period; subalpine scrub

Received 20 March 1985; accepted 13 June 1985
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1986, Vol. 24: 179-182
0028-825X/86/2401-0179$2.50/0 © Crown copyright 1986

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