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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 327 |
| Date Entered | 12/11/2011 |
| Updated on | 12/11/2011 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 02/07/2011 |
| Location | Great Sleddale. Long Scar. |
| Civil Parish | Muker |
| Brit. National Grid | SD 827 989 |
| Altitude | 500m |
| Geology | Main Limestone Cliff on line of major fault. |
| Record Name | MUK111 Great Sleddale. Long Scar.Limestone ashwood community. |
| Record Description | Type Site C. Relict limestone ashwood on north-west facing cliff with downy birch, hazel, bird cherry, sallow, rowan, raspberry and a well developed foield layer characteristic of limestone ashwood. (SD 827 989 Centre) |
| Dimensions | 500m in length |
| Geographical area | Upper Swaledale |
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| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | This well vegetated cliff is one of several high elevation limestone cliffs in Swaledale each with a uniquely different relict limestone ashwood woodland community.
This cliff is distinctive in having a fine and well developed field layer but with a restricted number of tree species, for example wych elm, ash, blackthorn, hawthorn, juniper and aspen are all absent.
This cannot be explained by exposure, Long Scar is comparatively sheltered, alone since all the above tree species are present at Oxnop Scar which is also at 500mOD,facing due west and highly exposed. |
| Image 1 ID | 1219 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Great Sleddale Beck below Long Scar. The Main Limestone forms the bed of the Beck here. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 1220 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Long Scar, Lower Section of cliff. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 1221 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | Long Scar. Rowan with mossy saxifrage. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 1222 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Long Scar Upper Section of the cliff. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 1223 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Fir clubmoss. Huperzia selago. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 1224 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Long Scar. Upper Section. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 1225 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 8 ID | 1226 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 9 ID | 1227 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 10 ID | 1228 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Beech fern (Phegoteris connectilis) and Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) |  |
