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*****SWAAG_ID***** | 236 |
Date Entered | 23/06/2011 |
Updated on | 23/06/2011 |
Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
Category | Flower / Plant Record |
Record Type | Botanical HER |
Site Access | Public Access Land |
Record Date | 21/06/2008 |
Location | Thornton Rust Moor |
Civil Parish | Thornton Rust |
Brit. National Grid | Hidden |
Altitude | 320m |
Geology | Braided springsbelow drift over shales below The Underset Limestone. |
Record Name | Birds Eye Primrose. Thornton Rust Moor. |
Record Description | The birdseye primrose grows within species rich calcareous flush vegetation including least clubmoss (Selaginella selagenoides)and abundant orchids at tufa forming springs with oncolites. |
Dimensions | N/A |
Additional Notes | Birdseye primrose is not recorded to my knowlege in the Swale Catchment although it does occur at strongly calcareous springs just across the Tees/Greta interfluve |
Image 1 ID | 851 Click image to enlarge |
Image 1 Description | Birdseye primrose photographed during the Reeth Museum Friends Walk to Thornton Rust Moor on 21 June 2008. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/851.jpg) |
Image 2 ID | 852 Click image to enlarge |
Image 2 Description | Birds-eye Primrose at tufa springs. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/852.jpg) |
Image 3 ID | 853 Click image to enlarge |
Image 3 Description | Birds-eye Primrose at tufa springs. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/853.jpg) |
Image 4 ID | 854 Click image to enlarge |
Image 4 Description | Birds-eye Primrose at tufa springs. | ![](SWAAG-DATABASE/THUMBS/854.jpg) |