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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 363
 Date Entered 27/11/2011
 Updated on 27/11/2011
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Tree Site Record
 Record Type Botanical HER
 Site Access Public Footpath
 Record Date 07/11/2011
 Location Kisdon Hill West Pastures.
 Civil Parish Not known
 Brit. National Grid NY 8935 0015
 Altitude 370m
 Geology Drift over Underset Limestone.
 Record Name MUK137 Kisdon West Pastures. Juniper Scrub Site 2.
 Record Description Area of juniper scrub on mid dale slopes (50-100 bushes)both prostrate and fastigiate forms present.Occasional ash, rowan and sallow the only other trees present. (NY 8935 0015 centre)
 Dimensions See photographs
 Geographical area Upper Swaledale
 Species Juniper
 Additional Notes This is the central of three areas of juniper scrub on the western slopes of Kisdon Hill. Juniper has not yet been recorded on the eastern slopes of Kisdon Hill.
 Image 1 ID 1455         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Kisdon West. Pastures above Skeb Skeugh. Area of juniper from B6270 road.
 Image 2 ID 1456         Click image to enlarge
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 Image 3 ID 1457         Click image to enlarge
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 Image 4 ID 1458         Click image to enlarge
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 Image 5 ID 1459         Click image to enlarge
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 Image 6 ID 1460         Click image to enlarge
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