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***SWAAG_ID***	610
Date Entered	21/09/2012
Updated on	21/09/2012
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Tree Site Record
Record Type	Botanical HER
Site Access	Public Footpath
Record Date	27/04/2011
Location	River Greta, North and South Banks below Rutherford Bridge
Civil Parish	Scargill
Brit. National Grid	NZ 0370 1210
Geology	River side banks and low cliffs.
Record Name	Riverside alders and cliff woodland with ancient yew by the River Greta below Rutherford Bridge.
Record Description	Very fine riverside alders and an isolated ancient north bank cliff yew by the River Greta below Rutherford Bridge.
Dimensions	The girth of the cliff yew is estimated at no less than 5.5m
Geographical area	Stainmore
Species	Alders and yew
Additional Notes	See photographs. This is a preliminary record and a full vegetation list will follow.
Image 1 ID	3374 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description	River Greta below Rutherford Bridge. View upstream with alders and yew.
Image 2 ID	3383 Click image to enlarge
Image 2 Description	The Rutherford Bridge Yew from below.
Image 3 ID	3378 Click image to enlarge
Image 3 Description	View downstream, south bank with alders.
Image 4 ID	3375 Click image to enlarge
Image 4 Description	Alder.
Image 5 ID	3376 Click image to enlarge
Image 5 Description	Alder, detail.
Image 6 ID	3377 Click image to enlarge
Image 6 Description	Alder detail with lichen
Image 7 ID	3379 Click image to enlarge
Image 7 Description	Hazel with bluebells and early purple orchids
Image 8 ID	3380 Click image to enlarge
Image 8 Description	Bluebells and early purple orchids
Image 9 ID	3381 Click image to enlarge
Image 9 Description	Early purple orchid. (Orchis mascula).
Image 10 ID	3382 Click image to enlarge
Image 10 Description	Ancient self coppiced downy birch (B. pubescens) on riverbank.
Image 11 ID	3384 Click image to enlarge
Image 11 Description	Downy birch on river bank. Detail of this ancient tree.
Image 12 ID	3385 Click image to enlarge
Image 12 Description	Downy birch on river bank. Detail of this ancient tree.
Image 13 ID	3386 Click image to enlarge
Image 13 Description	The Greta below with downy birch, bird cherry, rowan and blackthorn.
Image 14 ID	3387 Click image to enlarge
Image 14 Description	The Greta below with downy birch, bird cherry, rowan and blackthorn.
Image 15 ID	3388 Click image to enlarge
Image 15 Description	bird cherry in flower
Image 16 ID	3389 Click image to enlarge
Image 16 Description	bird cherry in flower.
Image 17 ID	3390 Click image to enlarge
Image 17 Description	Bird cherry foliage with moth cocoon. The caterpillers from these cocoons will strip the foliage from these bird cherries.
Image 18 ID	3391 Click image to enlarge
Image 18 Description
Image 19 ID	3392 Click image to enlarge
Image 19 Description	Elder, blackthorn, rowan and primroses.
Image 20 ID	3393 Click image to enlarge
Image 20 Description	Elder fragment with primroses.
Image 21 ID	3394 Click image to enlarge
Image 21 Description	This fragmentary elder is of great antiquity.
Image 22 ID	3395 Click image to enlarge
Image 22 Description
Image 23 ID	3397 Click image to enlarge
Image 23 Description
Image 24 ID	3398 Click image to enlarge
Image 24 Description	Rowan, blackthorn in relict hedgerow.
Image 25 ID	3400 Click image to enlarge
Image 25 Description	The Greta
Image 26 ID	3402 Click image to enlarge
Image 26 Description	Yew with exposed root system originally within the rock face.
Image 27 ID	3403 Click image to enlarge
Image 27 Description	Yew with exposed root system originally within the rock face.
Image 28 ID	3407 Click image to enlarge
Image 28 Description	?Hedge bedstraw. (G.mollugo)
Image 29 ID	3408 Click image to enlarge
Image 29 Description	Hairy rock cress. (Arabis hirsuta)
Image 30 ID	3409 Click image to enlarge
Image 30 Description	Woodland with remains of ancient multi stemmed wych elm on rock outcrop.