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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 480 |
| Date Entered | 26/03/2012 |
| Updated on | 27/03/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| SWAAG Site Name | |
| Site Type | |
| Site Name | |
| Site Description | |
| Site Access | Private |
| Record Date | 08/03/2012 |
| Location | Summerlodge Beck |
| Civil Parish | Grinton |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 964 956 |
| Altitude | 353m |
| Geology | Main Limestone outcrop with caves. Incutting stream. |
| Record Name | Summerlodge Beck Head. Native limestone ashwood with alder pollards. |
| Record Description | Species rich limestone ashwood with alder pollards at spring flushes and occcasional surviving wych elm and solitary juniper on limestone cliffs. Much hazel coppice, sallows, old rowans and occasional bird cherry in ravine. |
| Dimensions | From SD 964 956, 350m to SD965 951, 410m |
| Geographical area | Mid Swaledale |
| Species | Alder pollads, juniper |
| Scientific Name | |
| Common / Notable Species | Ash,rowan, wych elm, sallows,hazel, downy birch, |
| Tree and / or Stem Girth | |
| Tree: Position / Form / Status | |
| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | The uppermost reaches of Summerlodge beck, above the cave are almost treeless however ancient juniper, rowans survive at the highest waterfalls (these trees to be individually recorded seperately). |
| Image 1 ID | 2427 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Summer Lodge Beck view upstream towards cave. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 2428 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Alder pollard. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 2429 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Summer Lodge Beck view upstream towards cave. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 2426 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Ancient rowan on cliff. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 2430 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Alder coppice. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 2431 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Summer Lodge Beck view upstream towards cave. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 2432 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Falls with hazel. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 2433 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Cave of debouchure. |  |
| Image 9 ID | 2434 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | Alder coppice. |  |
| Image 10 ID | 2435 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Calcareous flush with Salix sp. |  |
| Image 11 ID | 2436 |
| Image 11 Description | Low cliff with Ash and Wych Elm |  |
| Image 12 ID | 2437 |
| Image 12 Description | Low cliff dipping sharply to fault at beck with dead wych elm. |  |
| Image 13 ID | 2438 |
| Image 13 Description | Rowan on cliff. |  |
| Image 14 ID | 2439 |
| Image 14 Description | Isolated Juniper with hazel on cliff at Summer Lodge Beck Head. |  |
| Image 15 ID | 2440 |
| Image 15 Description | Isolated Juniper, detail. |  |
| Image 16 ID | 2441 |
| Image 16 Description | Rowan on cliff. |  |
| Image 17 ID | 2442 |
| Image 17 Description | The Rowan with rootstock of long dead juniper. |  |
| Image 18 ID | 2443 |
| Image 18 Description | Rowan detail. |  |
| Image 19 ID | 2444 |
| Image 19 Description | Exposed root of the Rowan. |  |
| Image 20 ID | 2445 |
| Image 20 Description | |  |
| Image 21 ID | 2446 |
| Image 21 Description | Alder and view upstream |  |
| Image 22 ID | 2447 |
| Image 22 Description | Alder and view downstream. |  |
| Image 23 ID | 2448 |
| Image 23 Description | Alder pollard 3.53m girth at SD96362 95587, 353m AOD. |  |
