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Managing Poplars & Willows: Pollarding Willows from Within the Tree
Pollarding willows is useful to manage tree size when producing fodder for stock and producing planting poles. Safety is a key issue.
Topics:
Fodder;
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Videos;
Managing Poplars & Willows: High-Pruning Poplars
Poplars may benefit from high pruning to increase their health and longevity, encourage pasture growth and to produce millable logs.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Videos;
Managing Poplars & Willows: Pollarding Willows from a Tractor Mounted Box
A tractor mounted bin is a useful way to quickly and easy way to pollard willows on the farm, particularly in flat to easy country. Safety is paramount.
Topics:
Fodder;
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Videos;
Planting Poplars & Willows: Choosing the Best Poles
The best choice depends on your requirements. Get good advice on choosing the right poles in terms of the right size and variety.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Purchasing Poles;
Document Type:
Videos;
Planting Poplars & Willows: Assessing the Site
Learn how to assess hill country sites and place poles for best effect to reduce erosion.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Videos;
Planting Poplars & Willows: Successful Planting
Tips for storage, treatment and planting of poplar and willow poles for successful planting.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Videos;
NZPWRT Marketing Plan 2016
This Marketing Plan has been developed by the TRUST as an extension initiative to achieve increased plantings on farms in vulnerable hill country areas.
Topics:
Document Type:
Publications;
Hill Country Heroes
The New Zealand Poplar & Willow Trust corporate document explains the trust and the importance of poplar and willows in New Zealand
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Publications;
Factsheet 6: Benefits from using poplars and willows on NZ dairy farms
Poplars and Willows are extremely versatile trees that can deliver significant cost savings and provide excellent support in achieving environmental outcomes for dairy farmers.
Topics:
Effluent Management;
Erosion Control;
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Fact Sheets;
Old Willow Identification Key
A pictorial key to help identify some of the willows in New Zealand
Topics:
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Publications;
Growing Poplar and Willow Trees on Farms
Guidelines for Establishing and Managing Poplar and Willow Trees on Farms
Compiled and Prepared by the National Poplar and Willow Users Group
as part of the Sustainable Farming Fund’s Poplar & Willow Project
(Grant No. 04/089)
Topics:
Cultivation;
Trees for the Farm;
Document Type:
Publications;
Trees for the farm
Ian McIvor
A decision support tool for farmers booklet
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Cultivation;
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Trees for the Farm;
Document Type:
Publications;
Aspendale Arboretum 2003-2014
Allan Wilkinson
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Effect of space-planted ‘Veronese’ poplars on pasture production in hill country
Stephanie Sloan, Peter Kemp, Steve Green & Ian McIvor
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
The Search for Grey Poplar Clones That Propagate Easily
R.O. Miller, B.A. Bender, & P. McGovern
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Poplar Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Conservation trees add value in erosion prone hill country
Ian McIvor, Grant Douglas & Alec Mackay
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Survival of Poplar and willow plantings: implications for erosion control
Michael Marden and Chris Phillips
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Poplars and Willows: With a focus on East Coast Hill Country
Peter Manson
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Root response to removal of shoots in cuttings of willow and poplar
Mauricio Maldonado, Peter D. Kemp, Ian R. McIvor, Grant B. Douglas
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Poplars and Willows: Trees for Society and the Environment
J.G. Isebrands & J. Richardson
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Forestry in Sweden
Birger Hjelm
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Poplar Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Predicting height of coppiced Poplars: a comparison between a traditional and mixed effect model
Birger Hjelm
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Poplar Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
The impact of biogas digestate application on young short rotation willow ecosystem
Katrin Heinsoo
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Nutrition and Fertiliser;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Welcome to Middle Earth
Garth Eyles
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014. An overview of the use of Poplar and Willows in New Zealand.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Rivers;
Poplar Information;
Willow Information;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Winning with Willows
Linda Newstrom-Lloyd, Ian McIvor, Trevor Jones, Manon Gabarret & Blandine Polturat
Extending the supply of nutritious pollen for bees in spring. This informative booklet provides information on the pollen and nectar cycles of many willow cultivars.
Topics:
Bee Nutrition;
Document Type:
Publications;
The use of willows in the rivers of the Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand
Tony Dunlop (Bay of Plenty Regional Council) & Gary Williams (Waterscape)
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Rivers;
Root Systems;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Managing wide-spaced young poplars by pollarding - impacts
Grant Douglas, Ronaldo Vibart, Alec Mackay , Mike Dodd (AgResearch) & Ian McIvor (Plant & Food Research)
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Pasture-tree systems: effect on soil carbon accumulation
Grant Douglas, Ronaldo Vibart, Alec Mackay , Mike Dodd (AgResearch) & Ian McIvor (Plant & Food Research)
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Endophytes for Increased Rooting and Better Growth
Sharon Doty
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
An Ecosystem Services Approach to the Evaluation of Soil Conservation in New Zealand hill country
Estelle Dominati & Alec Mackay
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Rivers;
Fodder;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Environmental impact of commercial poplar and willow short rotation forestry stands on water and soil
I. Dimitriou, P. Aronsson & B. Mola
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Cultivation;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Keys to achieving successful coverage of poplars and willows on erosion prone pastoral hill country
Stan Braaksma
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Rivers;
Document Type:
Presentations;
IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Coppicing Hardwoods for Renovation of Dairy Shed Effluent
Topics:
Effluent Management;
Document Type:
Reuse of farm dairy effluent
Coppiced poplars and willows show potential for use in effluent irrigated systems
Topics:
Effluent Management;
Document Type:
Effect of species and management on root development in SRC willow
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Root Systems;
Document Type:
Live root-wood tensile strength of Populus euramericana, ‘Veronese poplar’
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Root Systems;
Document Type:
Fibrous Root Formation on Selected Salix Tree and Shrub Clones
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Root Systems;
Document Type:
The Effects of Pollarding on the Fine Roots of Willows Planted for Soil Stabilisation on Pastoral Hill Slopes
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Root Systems;
Document Type:
Plant Materials for River Training and Bank Protection
Willows and Riverbanks
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Rivers;
Document Type:
Influence of slope position on ‘Veronese’ poplar root growth
Slope position and poplar root development
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Document Type:
Effect of trees on hill country soil stability of hill country soils
A study of transpiration and root distribution
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Document Type:
Silvopastoral management of ‘Veronese’ poplars on an erosion-prone hillslope
Effect of pruning young poplars on water use and light
Topics:
Erosion Control;
Farms;
Document Type:
Filter by topic: Bee Nutrition | Breeding, Reports | Diseases, Rust | Effluent Management | Erosion Control, Farms, Rivers, Root Systems | Fodder | Cultivation, Irrigation, Nutrition | Pests, Willow Aphid, Willow Sawfly | Purchasing Poles | Trees for the Farm | Poplars | Willows | Timber, Milling uses
Filter by document type: Research Briefs | Fact Sheets | Videos | Publications | Presentations | Posters | Newsletters
Managing Poplars & Willows: Pollarding Willows from Within the Tree
Pollarding willows is useful to manage tree size when producing fodder for stock and producing planting poles. Safety is a key issue.
Topics: Fodder; Cultivation;
Document Type: Videos;
Managing Poplars & Willows: High-Pruning Poplars
Poplars may benefit from high pruning to increase their health and longevity, encourage pasture growth and to produce millable logs.
Topics: Cultivation;
Document Type: Videos;
Managing Poplars & Willows: Pollarding Willows from a Tractor Mounted Box
A tractor mounted bin is a useful way to quickly and easy way to pollard willows on the farm, particularly in flat to easy country. Safety is paramount.
Topics: Fodder; Cultivation;
Document Type: Videos;
Planting Poplars & Willows: Choosing the Best Poles
The best choice depends on your requirements. Get good advice on choosing the right poles in terms of the right size and variety.
Topics: Cultivation; Purchasing Poles;
Document Type: Videos;
Planting Poplars & Willows: Assessing the Site
Learn how to assess hill country sites and place poles for best effect to reduce erosion.
Topics: Cultivation;
Document Type: Videos;
Planting Poplars & Willows: Successful Planting
Tips for storage, treatment and planting of poplar and willow poles for successful planting.
Topics: Cultivation;
Document Type: Videos;
NZPWRT Marketing Plan 2016
This Marketing Plan has been developed by the TRUST as an extension initiative to achieve increased plantings on farms in vulnerable hill country areas.
Topics:
Document Type: Publications;
Hill Country Heroes
The New Zealand Poplar & Willow Trust corporate document explains the trust and the importance of poplar and willows in New Zealand
Topics: Erosion Control; Poplar Information; Willow Information;
Document Type: Publications;
Factsheet 6: Benefits from using poplars and willows on NZ dairy farms
Poplars and Willows are extremely versatile trees that can deliver significant cost savings and provide excellent support in achieving environmental outcomes for dairy farmers.
Topics: Effluent Management; Erosion Control; Poplar Information; Willow Information;
Document Type: Fact Sheets;
Old Willow Identification Key
A pictorial key to help identify some of the willows in New Zealand
Topics: Willow Information;
Document Type: Publications;
Growing Poplar and Willow Trees on Farms
Guidelines for Establishing and Managing Poplar and Willow Trees on Farms Compiled and Prepared by the National Poplar and Willow Users Group as part of the Sustainable Farming Fund’s Poplar & Willow Project (Grant No. 04/089)
Topics: Cultivation; Trees for the Farm;
Document Type: Publications;
Trees for the farm
Ian McIvor
A decision support tool for farmers booklet
Topics: Erosion Control; Cultivation; Poplar Information; Willow Information; Trees for the Farm;
Document Type: Publications;
Aspendale Arboretum 2003-2014
Allan Wilkinson
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Poplar Information; Willow Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Effect of space-planted ‘Veronese’ poplars on pasture production in hill country
Stephanie Sloan, Peter Kemp, Steve Green & Ian McIvor
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms; Cultivation;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
The Search for Grey Poplar Clones That Propagate Easily
R.O. Miller, B.A. Bender, & P. McGovern
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Cultivation; Poplar Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Conservation trees add value in erosion prone hill country
Ian McIvor, Grant Douglas & Alec Mackay
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms; Poplar Information; Willow Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Survival of Poplar and willow plantings: implications for erosion control
Michael Marden and Chris Phillips
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms; Cultivation;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Poplars and Willows: With a focus on East Coast Hill Country
Peter Manson
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Poplar Information; Willow Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Root response to removal of shoots in cuttings of willow and poplar
Mauricio Maldonado, Peter D. Kemp, Ian R. McIvor, Grant B. Douglas
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Cultivation;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Poplars and Willows: Trees for Society and the Environment
J.G. Isebrands & J. Richardson
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Poplar Information; Willow Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Forestry in Sweden
Birger Hjelm
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Cultivation; Poplar Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Predicting height of coppiced Poplars: a comparison between a traditional and mixed effect model
Birger Hjelm
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Cultivation; Poplar Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
The impact of biogas digestate application on young short rotation willow ecosystem
Katrin Heinsoo
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Cultivation; Nutrition and Fertiliser;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Welcome to Middle Earth
Garth Eyles
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014. An overview of the use of Poplar and Willows in New Zealand.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms; Rivers; Poplar Information; Willow Information;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Winning with Willows
Linda Newstrom-Lloyd, Ian McIvor, Trevor Jones, Manon Gabarret & Blandine Polturat
Extending the supply of nutritious pollen for bees in spring. This informative booklet provides information on the pollen and nectar cycles of many willow cultivars.
Topics: Bee Nutrition;
Document Type: Publications;
The use of willows in the rivers of the Bay of Plenty region, New Zealand
Tony Dunlop (Bay of Plenty Regional Council) & Gary Williams (Waterscape)
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Rivers; Root Systems;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Managing wide-spaced young poplars by pollarding - impacts
Grant Douglas, Ronaldo Vibart, Alec Mackay , Mike Dodd (AgResearch) & Ian McIvor (Plant & Food Research)
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Pasture-tree systems: effect on soil carbon accumulation
Grant Douglas, Ronaldo Vibart, Alec Mackay , Mike Dodd (AgResearch) & Ian McIvor (Plant & Food Research)
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms; Cultivation;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Endophytes for Increased Rooting and Better Growth
Sharon Doty
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Cultivation;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
An Ecosystem Services Approach to the Evaluation of Soil Conservation in New Zealand hill country
Estelle Dominati & Alec Mackay
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms; Rivers; Fodder;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Environmental impact of commercial poplar and willow short rotation forestry stands on water and soil
I. Dimitriou, P. Aronsson & B. Mola
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Cultivation;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Keys to achieving successful coverage of poplars and willows on erosion prone pastoral hill country
Stan Braaksma
A presentation at the IPC Working Party in Gisborne, 2014.
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms; Rivers;
Document Type: Presentations; IPC - Gisborne 2014;
Coppicing Hardwoods for Renovation of Dairy Shed Effluent
Topics: Effluent Management;
Document Type:
Reuse of farm dairy effluent
Coppiced poplars and willows show potential for use in effluent irrigated systems
Topics: Effluent Management;
Document Type:
Effect of species and management on root development in SRC willow
Topics: Erosion Control; Root Systems;
Document Type:
Live root-wood tensile strength of Populus euramericana, ‘Veronese poplar’
Topics: Erosion Control; Root Systems;
Document Type:
Fibrous Root Formation on Selected Salix Tree and Shrub Clones
Topics: Erosion Control; Root Systems;
Document Type:
The Effects of Pollarding on the Fine Roots of Willows Planted for Soil Stabilisation on Pastoral Hill Slopes
Topics: Erosion Control; Root Systems;
Document Type:
Plant Materials for River Training and Bank Protection
Willows and Riverbanks
Topics: Erosion Control; Rivers;
Document Type:
Influence of slope position on ‘Veronese’ poplar root growth
Slope position and poplar root development
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms;
Document Type:
Effect of trees on hill country soil stability of hill country soils
A study of transpiration and root distribution
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms;
Document Type:
Silvopastoral management of ‘Veronese’ poplars on an erosion-prone hillslope
Effect of pruning young poplars on water use and light
Topics: Erosion Control; Farms;
Document Type: