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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 181 |
| Date Entered | 02/05/2011 |
| Updated on | 22/08/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 13/05/2006 |
| Location | Fremington Edge, Fell End Scar and Fell End Lead Mine |
| Civil Parish | Reeth |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 025 023 |
| Altitude | 380-450m |
| Geology | Main Limestone with chert strata above forming a sheer cliff. |
| Record Name | Relict woodland vegetation with yew and juniper on Fell End Scar. |
| Record Description | A varied relict cliff tree flora which includes very large and ancient yew trees, a solitary juniper bush, rowan, hawthorn, rose, elder and a solitary gooseberry bush, which may be the highest gooseberry bush in Yorkshire if not in the world! These trees grow on the face of a highly exposed west facing cliff formed by the Main Limestone with overlying chert strata
Common tree and shrub species present:
Yew, hazel, rowan, elder. hawthorn, rose, ivy.
Common flowering plant species present:
Dog's mercury (Mercurialis perennis) in scree, lords and ladies (Arum maculatum),cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis), hawkweeds (Hieracium sp), Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre), dandelions (Taraxacum sp), thyme, wood sage,limestone bedstraw, ragwort. (As seen in early Spring.)
Wall rue (two plants in crevice at base of cliff), Brittle baldder fern (single plant, ditto), Maidenhair spleenwort.
Common tree species absent: Wych elm. Ash. (Wych elm is present 500m to the east, on the scar on the west side of the Hind Rake Vein.)
Scarce plants present:
Juniper, probably the prostrate form. J.comm. ssp nana. Single bush on face of scar, severely cut back since photographed in May 2006.
Spring sandwort (Minuartia verna) on lead mining ground above the Scar.
Alpine penny cress. (Thlaspi caerulescens), near flush above the Scar.
Moonwort. (Asplenium ruta-muria), on lead mining ground above the Scar.
NZ 025 023 centre |
| Dimensions | N/A |
| Geographical area | Swaledale North Bank Catchment |
| Additional Notes | Fell End Scar is a sheer and dangerous limestone cliff and should on no account be approached from above.
The yew trees can best be viewed in safety from the wide grass terrace below the cliff.
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| Image 1 ID | 271 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Fell End Scar. The major yew. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 622 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Fell End Scar |  |
| Image 5 ID | 272 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Fell End Scar. The Major Yew. Note small elder epiphyte. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 274 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Juniper on face of Scar. With yew and hawthorn. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 612 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Gooseberrry with yew on face of cliff. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 277 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Seedling yew on face of cliff |  |
| Image 9 ID | 614 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | Two conjoined yews at top edge of cliff. |  |
| Image 10 ID | 615 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Yews which grow at the most exposed situation as this are probably in excess of 100years in age. |  |
| Image 11 ID | 616 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 11 Description | Rowan at top of Scar. |  |
| Image 12 ID | 617 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 12 Description | Stunted yew at top of Scar. |  |
| Image 13 ID | 618 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 13 Description | Stunted yew, detail. These small yews are extemely slow growing. |  |
| Image 14 ID | 619 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 14 Description | Stunted hazel on face of cliff. |  |
| Image 15 ID | 620 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 15 Description | |  |
| Image 16 ID | 622 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 16 Description | | |
| Image 17 ID | 623 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 17 Description | Dandelion on face of Scar. Very many sub-species of dandelion have been identified by Specialist Botanists. |  |
| Image 18 ID | 624 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 18 Description | Maidenhair spleenwort on face of Scar. |  |
| Image 19 ID | 625 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 19 Description | Wall rue. |  |
| Image 20 ID | 626 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 20 Description | Brittle bladder fern. |  |
| Image 21 ID | 627 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 21 Description | Thlaspi caerulescens. A little gem. Associated with lead zinc mine workings. |  |
| Image 22 ID | 628 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 22 Description | Minuartia verna. A little gem. Associated with lead zinc mine workings. |  |
| Image 23 ID | 629 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 23 Description | Moonwort fern. Emerging from fine limestone turf. |  |
