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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 328 |
| Date Entered | 12/11/2011 |
| Updated on | 15/11/2011 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| SWAAG Site Name | |
| Site Type | |
| Site Name | |
| Site Description | |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Location | Great Ash Gill. Upper Falls. |
| Civil Parish | Muker |
| Brit. National Grid | NY 869 007 |
| Altitude | 420m |
| Geology | Namurian Sandstones and mudstones with tufa forming springs at stream level. |
| Record Name | MUK114. Great Ash Gill. Upper Falls.Aspen clones with isolated juniper on side of ravine below falls |
| Record Description | TYpe Site B. Acidic vegetation generally but with local enrichment from calcareous tufa forming springs. Aspen grove with four generations which may all be clones.
Isolated juniper bush lower down ravine.
Other trees present incude Downy birch,Rowan, Sallow, Dog rose.
Rarities incude Oak fern (Gymnocarpium dryopteris) and Stone Bramble (Rubus saxatils).
See LR Plant List. |
| Dimensions | See photographs. |
| Geographical area | Upper Swaledale |
| Species | Aspen and Juniper |
| Scientific Name | |
| Common / Notable Species | |
| Tree and / or Stem Girth | |
| Tree: Position / Form / Status | |
| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | |
| Image 1 ID | 1233 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Aspens in ravine below upper fall. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 1242 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Upper falls. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 1241 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Rowan above falls. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 1240 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Aspen below the falls |  |
| Image 5 ID | 1239 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | |  |
| Image 6 ID | 1238 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | |  |
| Image 7 ID | 1237 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | |  |
| Image 8 ID | 1236 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | |  |
| Image 9 ID | 1235 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | |  |
| Image 10 ID | 1234 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | |  |
| Image 11 ID | 1265 |
| Image 11 Description | Stone bramble. Rubus saxatilis. In Great Ash Gill |  |
| Image 12 ID | 1266 |
| Image 12 Description | Stone bramble. Rubus saxatilis. In Great Ash Gill |  |
| Image 13 ID | 1267 |
| Image 13 Description | LR recording in Great Ash Gill. |  |
| Image 14 ID | 1268 |
| Image 14 Description | LR Recording in Great Ash Gill. |  |
| Image 15 ID | 1269 |
| Image 15 Description | Oak fern. Gymnocarpium dryopteris. Great Ash Gill. |  |
| Image 16 ID | 1270 |
| Image 16 Description | Oak fern. Gymnocarpium dryopteris with Luzula sylvatica. Great Ash Gill. |  |
