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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 371 |
| Date Entered | 29/11/2011 |
| Updated on | 03/12/2011 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Access | Private |
| Record Date | 30/01/2011 |
| Location | Kisdon West. Hooker Mill Scar |
| Civil Parish | Muker |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 8950 9920 |
| Altitude | 450m |
| Geology | Sheer cliff formed from the Underset Limestone with vegetated talus slope below. |
| Record Name | MUK140 Kisdon, Hooker Mill Hole Scar. Relict woodland with yews, juniper and aspen. |
| Record Description | Sheer limestone cliff facing due west. Limestone ashwood with stunted aspens scattered across the whole face of the cliff and self seeding in the turf below. Yews compete hopelessly for space with self seeded larches along the whole of the top edge of the cliff. A number of very small junipers are scattered along the lower part of the cliff.
This Scar is the only cliff in Swaledale to possess aspen, juniper and yew in direct association.
Vegetation not yet listed. |
| Dimensions | See photographs |
| Geographical area | Upper Swaledale |
| Species | Yew with aspen and juniper (prostrate form?) |
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| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | The migration of self seeded larches from the mature larch plantation is a salutary example of the unexpected consequences of planting exotic trees for the very best of landscape intentions. |
| Image 1 ID | 732 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Hooker Mill Scar with yew,aspen and juniper competing for space with self seeded larch. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 731 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Hooker Mill Scar from the B6270 road. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 1492 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Junipers below Hooker Mill Hole. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 1493 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | View of the Scar from above. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 1495 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Skeletal remains of yew at top edge of the Scar. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 1497 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Face of Scar with juniper, aspen and self seeded larch. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 1498 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Face of Scar. Detail of the crowded vegetation with juniper, aspen and self seeded larch. |  |
