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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 650 |
| Date Entered | 05/12/2012 |
| Updated on | 05/12/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Public Footpath |
| Record Date | 05/12/2012 |
| Location | Whitcliffe Scar |
| Civil Parish | Richmond |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 030 020 |
| Altitude | 290m |
| Geology | Sheer cliffs or Scars formed by Richmond cherts above the Main Limestone. |
| Record Name | Limestone ashwood with many yews on Whitcliffe Scar east of Deepdale, a panorama of views. |
| Record Description | This is a continuous photographic record of the whole length of Whitcliffe Scar for a distance of 1.5km eastward from Deepdale. The photographs were taken *10 under very good sunlight from the A6108 road on the 5th December 2012. The purpose of this series of photographs is to allow an appreciation of the wealth of mature cliff yews within species-rich limestone ashwood across the whole length of Whitcliffe Scars. These photographs should allow the health of this woodland to be monitored from time to time. |
| Dimensions | 1.5km eastward from NZ030020 |
| Geographical area | Lower Swaledale |
| Species | Yew with Limestone Ashwood Community. |
| Common / Notable Species | Ash, yew, wych elm,large-leaved lime,beech, gean, rowan, spindle (rare) |
| Additional Notes | The mature elms which once grew on the settlement below Willance's Leap were lost to Dutch Elm disease. The small population of Large -leaved lime trees on these limestone cliffs is at the western and northern location for this species in Europe. (Donald Pigott,2012. 'Lime-trees and Basswoods. A Biological Monograph of the genus Tilia.' Fig.8.30.) |
| Image 1 ID | 3791 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 2 ID | 3781 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 3 ID | 3782 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 4 ID | 3783 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 5 ID | 3784 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 6 ID | 3785 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 7 ID | 3786 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 8 ID | 3787 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 9 ID | 3788 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 10 ID | 3789 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 11 ID | 3790 Click image to enlarge |
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