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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 183 |
| Date Entered | 08/05/2011 |
| Updated on | 08/05/2011 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Flower / Plant Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
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| Site Description | |
| Site Access | Public Access Land |
| Record Date | 02/05/2011 |
| Location | Track from Hurst to Fell End. |
| Civil Parish | Marrick |
| Brit. National Grid | |
| Altitude | 460m |
| Geology | Main Limestone and Richmond Cherts. |
| Record Name | Moonwort Fern. |
| Record Description | This, the smallest of all ferns, attains a height of fully one inch, (25mm).
Moonwort grows in the fine grass turf over Carboniferous limestone and is often present on lead mine shaft mounds. |
| Dimensions | 25mm in height! |
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| Tree Site ID | 0 |
| Associated Site SWAAG ID | 0 |
| Additional Notes | Exceptionally plentiful in early May after a prolongued period of drought and seen by Members of SWAAG at Cobscar Rake on Preston Moor on 07 May 2011. |
| Image 1 ID | 632 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | Moonwort Fern on track to Fell End from Hurst. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 633 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 2 Description | Moonwort Fern. |  |
