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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 778 |
| Date Entered | 19/02/2014 |
| Updated on | 20/02/2014 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Description | |
| Site Access | Army Range |
| Record Date | 19/02/2014 |
| Location | Stainton Middle Wood below Spring Scar. |
| Civil Parish | Stainton |
| Brit. National Grid | SE 0895 9700 |
| Altitude | 290m |
| Geology | a)Spring Scar: Limestone cliff formed from massively bedded strata of The Main Limestone with overlying strata of Richmond Cherts. b) Richmond Chert Strata which outcrop above the Main Limestone. c) Limestone Scree and consolidated talus below the cliff. d) Kame terrace. e) Protallus rampart and the glacial hill slope deposits below. All these features are within Stainton Middle Wood east of the Ellerton Parish Boundary. |
| Record Name | Ancient woodland within Stainton Middle Wood. |
| Record Description | This record will provide an introductory photographic record of the species rich coppiced oak /birch/hazel woodland with occasional yews which survive within Stainton Middle Wood, between areas of plantation or secondary woodland below the eastern section of Ellerton or Spring Scar.
The limestone yew dominant woodland on and below the sheer face of the eastern section of Ellerton Scar or Spring Scar east of the Parish Boundary will form a seperate record. |
| Dimensions | See photos |
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| Species | |
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| Common / Notable Species | Fieldwork at the location is not yet complete. Further details of the vegetation will be added following further recording.
For details of the yew-rich woodland on the sheer limestone cliff named Spring Scar to the east of the Stainton/Ellerton Abbey Parish Boundary, see SWAAG Record No XXXX.
For details of the woodland on and below Ellerton Scar west of the Stainton/Ellerton Boundary, see SWAAG Record No YYY. |
| Tree and / or Stem Girth | |
| Tree: Position / Form / Status | |
| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | The yew dominant woodland on and below Ellerton Scar to the east of the Parish Boundary has been recorded on SWAAG Record Nos ZZZ. |
| Image 1 ID | 5080 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Relict oak/Birch/Hazel coppice woodland with occasional large yews. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 5081 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Red Admiral butterfly feeding on the fermenting juices of the red fleshy yew arils. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 5082 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Red Admiral butterfly on yew. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 5083 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | The Stainton Oak. The largest oak coppiced tree recognised to date in Swaledale. Native oaks are virtually absent from Swaledale west of Marrick. Native oaks have been recognised to date only at Waitegate Wood, at the head of Marske Beck, and on How Edge Scars in Whitsundale. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 5084 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | The Stainton Oak. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 5085 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Ellerton Scar west of the Ellerton/Stainton Parish Boundary |  |
| Image 7 ID | 5086 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Ellerton Scar within Stainton Middle Wood east of the Ellerton/Stainton Parish Boundary. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 5087 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Birch, hazel and bird cherry thicket on the protallus rampart at the edge of the kame terrace. |  |
| Image 9 ID | 5088 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | Birch, oak, hazel and yew coppice. |  |
| Image 10 ID | 5089 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Birch, hazel and yew coppice. |  |
| Image 11 ID | 5090 |
| Image 11 Description | Isolated yew in Mid Stainton Wood, detail. |  |
| Image 12 ID | 5091 |
| Image 12 Description | Isolated yew in Mid Stainton Wood, detail. |  |
| Image 13 ID | 5092 |
| Image 13 Description | Oak coppice in Mid Stainton Wood. |  |
| Image 14 ID | 5094 |
| Image 14 Description | Oak coppice in Mid Stainton Wood. |  |
| Image 15 ID | 5093 |
| Image 15 Description | Birch coppice. |  |
| Image 16 ID | 5095 |
| Image 16 Description | Birch and hazel coppice. |  |
| Image 17 ID | 5096 |
| Image 17 Description | Mature downy birch with hazel. |  |
| Image 18 ID | 5097 |
| Image 18 Description | Hazel with bird cherry. Bird cherry is present within fenced woodland but not in pasture will not survive where subject to grazing pressure. |  |
| Image 19 ID | 5098 |
| Image 19 Description | Yew with exposed roots, note the amount of erosion of the land surface- an indicator of the age of this yew. |  |
| Image 20 ID | 5099 |
| Image 20 Description | Spring has arrived! But this was during 2010! Pussy willow, sallow or Salix caprea. |  |
| Image 21 ID | 5100 |
| Image 21 Description | Sallows, both S.caprea and S. cinerea are occasionally present on and below the limestone cliffs of Swaledale. |  |
