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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 380
 Date Entered 04/12/2011
 Updated on 04/12/2011
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Tree Site Record
 Record Type Botanical HER
 Site Access Public Access Land
 Location Muker CP. Rash Pastures. Routin Gill
 Civil Parish Muker
 Brit. National Grid 
 Altitude 425m down to 300m
 Geology Stream cut ravine through glacial drift.
 Record Name MUK147.Rash Pastures. Routin Gill. Alders and mixed deciduous woodland to 425m.
 Record Description Site Type D. Mixed deciduous woodland in stream cut ravine with alders reaching 425m AOD at the top of the ravine. Wych elm not seen, notable in being absent! Vegetation not yet recorded.
 Dimensions See photos.
 Geographical area Upper Swaledale
 Common / Notable Species Alder.
 Additional Notes Areas of Bog Asphodel in flower were prominent in the moorland pastures above Routin Gill on 19 July 2011. The verges of the road to Buttertubs were rich with orchids at this date, see photos.
 Image 1 ID 1551         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Routin Gill
 Image 2 ID 1548         Click image to enlarge
 Image 2 Description Alder and rowan at 425m.
 Image 3 ID 1549         Click image to enlarge
 Image 3 Description Alders.
 Image 4 ID 1550         Click image to enlarge
 Image 4 Description Isolated ancient hawthorn in pasture above the Gill, sole survivor of woodland more extensive.
 Image 6 ID 1553         Click image to enlarge
 Image 6 Description Isolated ancient hawthorn, detail
 Image 7 ID 1554         Click image to enlarge
 Image 7 Description Bog Asphodel (Ortecium ossifragum) on moorland above the Gill.
 Image 8 ID 1555         Click image to enlarge
 Image 8 Description Bog Asphodel (Ortecium ossifragum) on moorland above the Gill.
 Image 9 ID 1556         Click image to enlarge
 Image 9 Description Bog Asphodel (Ortecium ossifragum) on moorland above the Gill.
 Image 10 ID 1558         Click image to enlarge
 Image 10 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 Image 11 ID 1565         Click image to enlarge
 Image 11 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 Image 12 ID 1559         Click image to enlarge
 Image 12 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 Image 13 ID 1560         Click image to enlarge
 Image 13 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 Image 14 ID 1561         Click image to enlarge
 Image 14 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 Image 15 ID 1562         Click image to enlarge
 Image 15 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 Image 16 ID 1563         Click image to enlarge
 Image 16 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 Image 17 ID 1564         Click image to enlarge
 Image 17 Description Road to the Buttertubs, verges
 
 
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