|
| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 376 |
| Date Entered | 02/12/2011 |
| Updated on | 05/12/2011 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Location | Muker Common. Lover Gill. Lower Fall and Ravine. |
| Civil Parish | Muker |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 8794 9632 |
| Altitude | 430m |
| Geology | Main Limestone |
| Record Name | MUK145 Muker Common. Lover Gill. Junipers at Lower Fall and Ravine. |
| Record Description | Waterfall and ravine at lower end of Lover Gill with Junipers. Bird Cherry, rowan and hazel the only other trees.
Species List compiled by Mrs Linda Robinson:
9. Buttertubs scars
Lovergill lowest ravine, waterfall – SD87942.96326
Agrostis capillaris – Common Bent
Asplenium trichomanes – Maidenhair Spleenwort
Carex pilulifera – Pill Sedge
Cerastium fontanum – Common Mouse-ear
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium – Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage
Cirsium arvense – Creeping Thistle
Cirsium palustre – Marsh Thistle
Cochlearia pyrenaica – Pyrenean Scurvy-grass
Corylus avellana – Hazel
Cystopteris fragilis – Brittle Bladder-fern
Dryopteris affinis ssp borreri – Scaly Male-fern
Dryopteris dilatata – Broad Buckler-fern
Dryopteris filix-mas – Male Fern
Epilobium brunnescens – New Zealand Willowherb
Equisetum arvense – Field Horsetail
Festuca ovina – Sheep’s Fescue
Filipendula ulmaria – Meadow-sweet
Galium sterneri – Limestone Bedstraw
Geranium robertianum – Herb Robert
Hieracium sp. – Hawkweed
Juniperus communis ssp nana – Juniper (1 dead & 1 alive on cliff nr. bottom scar)
Juniperus communis ssp nana – Juniper (3 overhanging waterfall)
Leontodon hispidus - Rough Hawkbit
Luzula pilosa – Hairy Wood-rush
Montia fontana – Blinks
Polypodium vulgare – Polypody
Potentilla erecta – Tormentil
Potentilla sterilis – Barren Strawberry
Prunella vulgaris – Self-heal
Prunus padus – Bird Cherry
Ranunculus acris – Meadow Buttercup
Solidago virgaurea – Goldenrod
Sorbus aucuparia – Rowan
Thymus polytrichus – Thyme
Urtica dioica – Nettle
Vaccinium myrtillus – Bilberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea – Cowberry
Veronica officinalis – Heath Speedwell
Viola riviniana – Common Dog Violet
|
| Geographical area | Upper Swaledale |
| Species | Junipers |
| Common / Notable Species | Bird cherry, rowan, hazel. |
| Additional Notes | At least one of the junipers here is recently dead and all the surviving junipers show distress.
Lover Gill has a reduced woodland tree composition. Lead mine in the immediate vicinity. |
| Image 1 ID | 1530 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Junipers at waterfall with bird cherry and golden rod. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 1526 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Cliff Beck, Lover Gill and Lead Mine |  |
| Image 3 ID | 1527 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Juniper, alive but very distressed (Now dead) with Bird Cherry on face of cliff in ravine. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 1528 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Juniper, alive but very distressed on opposite side of ravine |  |
| Image 5 ID | 1529 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Juniper, alive but very distressed, detail |  |
