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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 411 |
| Date Entered | 03/01/2012 |
| Updated on | 04/01/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Description | |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 02/08/2010 |
| Location | Newsham CP. Arndale Beck. Upper or Sheepfold Scar |
| Civil Parish | Not known |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 0490 0626 |
| Altitude | 408m |
| Geology | Low cliff or scar at top edge of stream cut valley formed from outcrop of Richmond Chert strata. The Main Limestone outcrops lower down by the stream and supports a different woodland, with hazel and wych elm. |
| Record Name | Newsham CP. Arndale Beck. Upper or Sheepfold Scar |
| Record Description | Species poor woodland on chert strata exposed on a South west facing cliff on northern edge of upper reach of incutting stream valley. Cliff approximately 10m high maximum with relict woodland. Yew, rowan, hawthorn and dog rose on the cliff. Bird cherry and ash (Repreenting enrichment from the Main Limestone, are present on a small outcrop lower down and upstream some 150m west. Wych elm with hazel in the ravine cut through the Main Limestone lower downstream, recorded seperately see HER412. |
| Dimensions | See photos |
| Geographical area | Swaledale North Bank Catchment |
| Species | Yew |
| Scientific Name | Taxus baccata |
| Common / Notable Species | Yew, rowan, hawthorn, dog rose. Bird cherry and ash lower down on limestone.
NOTE! Wych elm, hazel and sallow are absent from the chert strata which forms this cliff. |
| Tree and / or Stem Girth | |
| Tree: Position / Form / Status | |
| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | Several very large specimen yews grow on the chert strata of this Scar.The destructive effects of the root systems of the larger yews on the thin bedded strata of the cliff is very evident, see photos. Two large mature yews are recently dead and have fallen (tree ring opportunity). Several seedling yews were seen to be present, see photos.The cause of the recent death of two mature yew trees is not understood and may repay further research. The presence of seedling yews is encouraging and they appear not to be suffering from rabbit or sheep damage, saee photographs.
Several yews here are large and of great age, see photographs and are, at 408m elevation, close to the local altitudinal limit for this species.
The vegetation (not yet fully recorded) on this scar is generally acidic with heather and golden rod as examples. |
| Image 1 ID | 1901 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Arndale Beck. The Sheepfold Scar with yew and ling in flower, August. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 1906 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Arndale Beck Scar. Yews on Chert Strata with an acidic flora including downy rose, ivy, heather, golden rod |  |
| Image 3 ID | 1898 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | The western end of the Scar with yews, rowan and bird cherry (Prunus padus), near the stream below |  |
| Image 4 ID | 1899 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Yews, one alive and one dead. Western end of the Scar. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 1900 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Yews on the Scar above the ruined sheepfold. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 1902 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Seedling yew No 1. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 1903 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Seedling yew No 2. |  |
| Image 8 ID | 1904 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Fallen remains of a yew. |  |
| Image 9 ID | 1905 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | The same yew. Skeletal remains on cliff. |  |
| Image 10 ID | 1908 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Wild strawberries below the cliff. |  |
| Image 11 ID | 1910 |
| Image 11 Description | View upstream from Arndale Scar with bird cherry near stream. |  |
| Image 12 ID | 1911 |
| Image 12 Description | Yew No 4 and 5 (Eastern part of the Scar) viewed from the west |  |
| Image 13 ID | 1912 |
| Image 13 Description | Yew No 4 and 5 (Eastern part of the Scar) viewed from the west. Note the thin bedded strata of the Richmond Chert Series. |  |
| Image 14 ID | 1913 |
| Image 14 Description | Yew No 4. Detail. |  |
| Image 15 ID | 1914 |
| Image 15 Description | Yew No 5 from the east with heather on the chert strata. |  |
| Image 16 ID | 1915 |
| Image 16 Description | Yews Nos 4 and 5 from above. |  |
| Image 17 ID | 1916 |
| Image 17 Description | Yew No 5. Detail. |  |
| Image 18 ID | 1917 |
| Image 18 Description | Yew No 5. Detail. |  |
| Image 19 ID | 1918 |
| Image 19 Description | Yew No 5. Detail. |  |
