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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 516 |
| Date Entered | 06/05/2012 |
| Updated on | 07/05/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Access | Private |
| Record Date | 05/05/2012 |
| Location | Whitcliffe Woods East. Old Quarries Site |
| Civil Parish | Richmond |
| Brit. National Grid | Hidden |
| Altitude | 251m |
| Geology | Transect of the Upper Dale Side with Richmond Chert strata visible in the old quarry cut into the upper cliff and The Main Limestone visible as a sheer lower cliff. |
| Record Name | Whitcliffe Woods East. Native coppiced woodland at and around the old quarry site. |
| Record Description | Native woodland with coppiced oak (Qu. robur),wych elm, ?cloned population of twenty large leafed lime trees, ash, very large pollarded beech, holly and hazel. There is a small area of ancient yew-dominant woodland with several yew trees of great dimensions, including at least one yew tree estimated to be in excess of 7m girth. These trees are virtually inaccessible on the limestone cliff. The cliff yew trees all have spectacular exposed root systems which denote extensive destabilisation and erosion of the rock face by the tree roots. Yew trees within the woodland are generally not very large and of younger age. The field layer includes small open glades with species rich calcareous grassland with rock rose, thyme,etc on the top edge of the cliffs and, in the woodland, dogs mercury, primrose, bluebells, toothwort (Lathraea sqamaria), dog violet,enchanters nightshade etc.
The coppiced trees are of different age with very large specimens and modest trees in all species present. The very largest trees are on the cliffs and these trees may be of great age. Wycliffe Wood clearly provided a renewable resource of growing timber and firewood and employment to those Richmond Citizens entitled to remove it. |
| Dimensions | |
| Geographical area | Lower Swaledale |
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| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | |
| Image 1 ID | 2812 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Whitcliffe Woods East. View westward. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 2813 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | THe parasitic toothwort below large leafed lime trees. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 2814 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Very large lime tree (T. platyphyllos) at top edge of the lower cliff. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 2815 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Fungus (unid.) on Tilia. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 2816 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Very large lime tree (T. platyphyllos) with small yew trees at top edge of the lower cliff. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 2817 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Very large yew (7m girth) with exposed root system on cliff. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 2818 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | The same yew. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 2819 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Other very large yew tree on the same cliff. |  |
| Image 9 ID | 2820 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | Very large (6.2m diameter)beech coppard. |  |
| Image 10 ID | 2821 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Eastern approach to Whitcliffe Wood with gorse in flower. |  |
