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 *****SWAAG_ID***** 736
 Date Entered 07/07/2013
 Updated on 07/07/2013
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Flower / Plant Record
 Record Type Botanical HER
 Site Access Public Access Land
 Record Date 20/06/2011
 Location Wensleydale
 Civil Parish Not known
 Brit. National Grid 
 Geology Main Limestone
 Record Name Jacobs Ladder photographed in Wensleydale.
 Record Description Jacobs ladder(Polemonium caeruleum)in Wensleydale. One of the many highlights of the recent visit by SWAAG members to Malham was the sight of several hundred flowering Polemonium caeruleum plants first recognised by Ann Russell in protected grassland close to Malham Cove. The photographs attached are of this great rarity growing on a remote cliff ledge in Wensleydale.
 Geographical area Wensleydale
 Species Jacobs Ladder
 Scientific Name Polemonium caeruleum
 Image 1 ID 4535         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Jacobs Ladder, Polemonium caeruleum, a great rarity in the Pennine Dales. This beautiful flower was seen in profusion during the recent visit by SWAAG Members to Malham.
 Image 2 ID 4534         Click image to enlarge
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