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| *****SWAAG_ID***** | 507 |
| Date Entered | 26/04/2012 |
| Updated on | 26/04/2012 |
| Recorded by | Tim Laurie |
| Category | Tree Site Record |
| Record Type | Botanical HER |
| Site Access | Private |
| Record Date | 24/04/2012 |
| Location | Dalton Woods. Dalton-on Tees. |
| Civil Parish | Not known |
| Brit. National Grid | NZ 3089 0836 |
| Altitude | 30m |
| Geology | Small area of low lying haughland on southern bank of the River Tees. |
| Record Name | Dalton Woods. Native Woodland with Population of Tilia platyphyllos on south bank of River Tees |
| Record Description | A total of ten lime trees provisionally identified as Large Leafed Lime (T. platyphyllos) growing within an area of old native coppiced woodland on a small area of low lying haugfh land immediately upstream of Dalton Beck.
All these lime trees are coppiced except for one young maiden tree. All these trees were at the same stage of initial bud burst on 24 April 2012.
These ten trees may represent a native lowland population of a tree once widespread across southern half of Britain, at the present day northern limit for this species.
Other coppiced trees here include ash, silver birch, alder. pedunculate oak and sycamore.
Many trees have been wind blown but large numbers of young ramets spring up wherever the lime trees touch ground. |
| Dimensions | Coppice trees from 4m to 8m girth. |
| Additional Notes | See photographs. |
| Image 1 ID | 2732 Click image to enlarge |
| Image 1 Description | The woodlands on the south bank of the River Tees below Dalton on Tees are species rich with white willow, poplar spp, common oak, ash, alder, yews, occasional holly, crab apple and wild cherry. Hazel not obviously present. White willow (Salix alba) replaces alder on the north bank. |  |
| Image 2 ID | 2733 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 3 ID | 2734 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 4 ID | 2735 Click image to enlarge |
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| Image 5 ID | 2736 Click image to enlarge |
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