Table A6: New Zealand Net Stocked Planted Forest Area

(by age class as at 1 April 2000: hectares)

Age class Radiata pine Douglas-fir Other softwoods Hardwoods
1 - 5 392 517 36 270 5 826 21 582
6 - 10 337 004 9 642 4 963 14 824
11 - 15 229 747 6 668 2 869 4 738
16 - 20 265 915 8 845 5 279 5 432
21 - 25 243 199 7 190 3 594 2 836
26 - 30 104 017 6 703 1 485 802
31 - 35 11 528 9 783 2 341 441
36 - 40 1 924 5 384 2 084 410
41 - 50 1 192 2 723 1 514 291
51 - 60 1 071 329 501 248
61 - 80 583 782 2 898 664
  Total area 1 588 697 94 319 33 354 52 268

Source: A National Exotic Forest Description as at 1 April 2000, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, (Wellington, 2001).

Graph 2: Net Stocked Planted Forest Area

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