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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 610 |
| Date Entered | 21/09/2012 |
| Updated on | 21/09/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Description | |
| Site Access | Public Footpath |
| Record Date | 27/04/2011 |
| Location | River Greta, North and South Banks below Rutherford Bridge |
| Civil Parish | Scargill |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 0370 1210 |
| Altitude | |
| Geology | River side banks and low cliffs. |
| Record Name | Riverside alders and cliff woodland with ancient yew by the River Greta below Rutherford Bridge. |
| Record Description | Very fine riverside alders and an isolated ancient north bank cliff yew by the River Greta below Rutherford Bridge. |
| Dimensions | The girth of the cliff yew is estimated at no less than 5.5m |
| Geographical area | Stainmore |
| Species | Alders and yew |
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| Common / Notable Species | |
| Tree and / or Stem Girth | |
| Tree: Position / Form / Status | |
| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | See photographs.
This is a preliminary record and a full vegetation list will follow. |
| Image 1 ID | 3374 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | River Greta below Rutherford Bridge. View upstream with alders and yew. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 3383 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | The Rutherford Bridge Yew from below. |  |
| Image 3 ID | 3378 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 3 Description | View downstream, south bank with alders. |  |
| Image 4 ID | 3375 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 4 Description | Alder. |  |
| Image 5 ID | 3376 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 5 Description | Alder, detail. |  |
| Image 6 ID | 3377 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 6 Description | Alder detail with lichen |  |
| Image 7 ID | 3379 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 7 Description | Hazel with bluebells and early purple orchids |  |
| Image 8 ID | 3380 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 8 Description | Bluebells and early purple orchids |  |
| Image 9 ID | 3381 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 9 Description | Early purple orchid. (Orchis mascula). |  |
| Image 10 ID | 3382 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 10 Description | Ancient self coppiced downy birch (B. pubescens) on riverbank. |  |
| Image 11 ID | 3384 |
| Image 11 Description | Downy birch on river bank. Detail of this ancient tree. |  |
| Image 12 ID | 3385 |
| Image 12 Description | Downy birch on river bank. Detail of this ancient tree. |  |
| Image 13 ID | 3386 |
| Image 13 Description | The Greta below with downy birch, bird cherry, rowan and blackthorn. |  |
| Image 14 ID | 3387 |
| Image 14 Description | The Greta below with downy birch, bird cherry, rowan and blackthorn. |  |
| Image 15 ID | 3388 |
| Image 15 Description | bird cherry in flower |  |
| Image 16 ID | 3389 |
| Image 16 Description | bird cherry in flower. |  |
| Image 17 ID | 3390 |
| Image 17 Description | Bird cherry foliage with moth cocoon. The caterpillers from these cocoons will strip the foliage from these bird cherries. |  |
| Image 18 ID | 3391 |
| Image 18 Description | |  |
| Image 19 ID | 3392 |
| Image 19 Description | Elder, blackthorn, rowan and primroses. |  |
| Image 20 ID | 3393 |
| Image 20 Description | Elder fragment with primroses. |  |
| Image 21 ID | 3394 |
| Image 21 Description | This fragmentary elder is of great antiquity. |  |
| Image 22 ID | 3395 |
| Image 22 Description | |  |
| Image 23 ID | 3397 |
| Image 23 Description | |  |
| Image 24 ID | 3398 |
| Image 24 Description | Rowan, blackthorn in relict hedgerow. |  |
| Image 25 ID | 3400 |
| Image 25 Description | The Greta |  |
| Image 26 ID | 3402 |
| Image 26 Description | Yew with exposed root system originally within the rock face. |  |
| Image 27 ID | 3403 |
| Image 27 Description | Yew with exposed root system originally within the rock face. |  |
| Image 28 ID | 3407 |
| Image 28 Description | ?Hedge bedstraw. (G.mollugo) |  |
| Image 29 ID | 3408 |
| Image 29 Description | Hairy rock cress. (Arabis hirsuta) |  |
| Image 30 ID | 3409 |
| Image 30 Description | Woodland with remains of ancient multi stemmed wych elm on rock outcrop. |  |
