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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 421 |
| Date Entered | 05/01/2012 |
| Updated on | 05/01/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 08/08/2010 |
| Location | Arndale Springs. |
| Civil Parish | New Forest |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 0548 0612 |
| Altitude | 400m |
| Geology | Small outcropping exposures of Richmond Chert strata at the top edge, on fallen landslipped blocks and by the streamside of the ravine formed by Arndale Springs Beck. |
| Record Name | Arndale Springs Scars and Landslips. Relict woodland with yews and rowan on outcropping Richmond Chert Strata. |
| Record Description | This record etails the vegetation on three seperate exposures above Arndale Springs. The first of these is at the top edge of the ravine on the northern side. Here, one live and one long dead skeletal yew grow at a most exposed localion with rowan the only other tree.
Details of the two remaining oucrops here to follow. |
| Dimensions | See photos |
| Geographical area | Swaledale North Bank Catchment |
| Species | Yew |
| Scientific Name | Taxus baccata |
| Common / Notable Species | Rowan.
Vegetation not yet recorded. |
| Image 1 ID | 1936 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Arndale Springs. The Upper Scar view towards Kexwith. Yews and rowan at top edge. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 1937 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Arndale Springs. The Upper Scar the live Yew. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 1938 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Arndale Springs. The Upper Scar the live Yew. Note exposed root. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 1939 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | The two yews, one live the other a petrified skeleton. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 1940 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | The skeletal remains of a long dead yew. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 1941 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Fallen block of chert strata with rowan. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 1942 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Fallen block of chert strata with ancient rowan. On bank of stream. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 1943 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Small yew at stream on chert outcrop. |  |
| Image 9 ID | 1944 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | Small yew. |  |
| Image 10 ID | 1945 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Asplenium trichomanes below the yew. |  |
| Image 11 ID | 1946 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 11 Description | Crinoid remains in chert. |  |
