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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 224 |
| Date Entered | 11/06/2011 |
| Updated on | 04/11/2011 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Record Date | 11/06/2011 |
| Location | Downholme CP. White Scar. |
| Civil Parish | Downholme |
| Brit. National Grid | SE 1149 9925 |
| Altitude | 230m |
| Geology | Sheer cliff formed by the Main Limestone. |
| Record Name | White Scar, Downholme.. |
| Record Description | Native limestone ashwood with yew, lime and oak coppice and the rare cliff whitebeam on and below White Scar, Downholme.
Note! This cliff is within the Catterick Army Training Area Ranges. The sheer cliff is inaccessible, DANGEROUS, and should not be approached. |
| Dimensions | Approximately 500m in length. |
| Geographical area | Lower Swaledale |
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| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | Aspect: Facing due west.
Geomorphology: Sheer massively beddded limestones often destabilised by tree root action.
Woodland: a species rich native relict limestone woodland (see photofile) survives on the cliff and on the steep talus slopes below the cliff. |
| Image 1 ID | 779 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | White Scar, Downholme. The Scar seen from the west, with cliff yews. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 780 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | White Scar, Downholme. Downholme Bridge seen from the top edge of the Scar with yews and holly. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 781 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | White Scar, Downholme. View westward with cliff yews, holly, ash etc and ashwood below. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 782 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | White Scar, Downholme. The cliff edge with yews, ash, holly and the rare cliff whitebeam. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 783 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | White Scar, Downholme. Upper edge of the cliff photographed *10 from Downholme Bridge. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 784 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | White Scar, Downholme. Cliff whitebeam. Sorbus rupicola in flower photographed from the edge of the cliff. |  |
| Image 7 ID | 785 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Cliff Whitebeam. Sorbus rupicola seen from the cliff edge. Downholme Bridge and the Swale below. |  |
