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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 521 |
| Date Entered | 13/05/2012 |
| Updated on | 13/05/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Access | Public Footpath |
| Record Date | 12/05/2012 |
| Location | Stainmore. Sleightholme Beck. Bog Scar and othe Scars downstream to Trough Heads Scars at NY9648 1123 |
| Civil Parish | Not known |
| Brit. National Grid | NY 9565 1068 |
| Altitude | 325m |
| Geology | The Little Limestone in stream at footbridge for the Pennine Way with Namurian sandstones and shales in cliffs, for details of the strata here, see Geology of the Country around Barnard Castle. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.HMSO. 1976. pp44-6. |
| Record Name | Relict woodland with aspen clones on various Scars with Namurian strata at Sleightholme. |
| Record Description | The fragments of native woodland described here grow on various small cliffs or Scars
in a state of constant erosion from the floods of Sleightholme Beck.
Tree species recorded on these Scars include aspen, willows of several species,rowan, ash (occasional).
The abruptly faulted strata influences the nature of the woodland composition here.
Further visit required to record plant lists. |
| Dimensions | See photos. |
| Geographical area | Stainmore |
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| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | |
| Image 1 ID | 2856 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Stainmore. Sleightholme Beck, view upstream towards Bog Scar.Tan Hill in far distance. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 2859 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Willows by the stream. Downy birch and rowan on the top of the Scar. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 2858 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Ash tree, downy birch and rowan on the top of the Scar. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 2857 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | View downstream to Scar with aspen, birch, sallows and rowan. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 2860 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Scar with aspen, birch, sallows and rowan. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 2861 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Scar with aspen, birch, sallows and rowan. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 2862 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Scar with aspen, birch, sallows and rowan. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 2863 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Scar with aspen, birch, sallows and rowan. |  |
