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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 522 |
| Date Entered | 13/05/2012 |
| Updated on | 13/05/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 12/05/2012 |
| Location | Gilmonby Moor. West Plantation. |
| Civil Parish | Not known |
| Brit. National Grid | NY 987 113 |
| Altitude | 325m |
| Geology | Drift over Namurian sandstone strata. |
| Record Name | Gilmonby Moor. West Plantation. Mature open woodland on heather moorland. |
| Record Description | This area of open woodland with mature scots pine, larch, beech, downy birch and oak shows what could be achieved on the fringes of heather grouse moor by open-spaced (not massed as so often the case today) planting excluding hawthorn. This planting, while not intended to imitate native woodland or feed black grouse, certainly enhances the landscape.
The plantation and fine trees can be enjoyed from the unfenced road to Sleightholme. |
| Geographical area | Stainmore |
| Image 1 ID | 2864 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | West Plantation. The road to the open moor. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 2865 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | A very fine Downy Birch. This is one of the finest native birch trees in the Dales. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 2869 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 4 ID | 2867 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Mature larch woodland as it should be! |  |
| Image 5 ID | 2868 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Detail of young green larch foliage in May. Larch is our only deciduous conifer. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 2866 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | A smaller birch with Scots Pine in distance. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 2870 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Birch. Detail of the largest birch tree. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 2871 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Detail of large twiggy moss covered ancient bur on birch branch. |  |
| Image 9 ID | 2872 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 10 ID | 2873 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 11 ID | 2874 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 12 ID | 2875 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 13 ID | 2876 Click image to enlarge |
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