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Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group

BOTANIC   HER   2010

Please note that from 2011 all records are being added to the SWAAG DATABASE. 
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SWAAG Botanical Record Number: 2010-B013

SWAAG Botanical Record Number:

 

Site Ref:

MUK.B4

Location, Civil Parish and  Site Name

Muker CP. River Swale at Hoggarths

 

Botanical record description

Red Admiral and unidentified fly feeding on ripe rose hip.

NGR:

NY

Surveyor:

Tim Laurie

Site Access:

Track by river bank

Site Elevation  m AOD:

m

Site Geology and Morphology:

Namurial Shales and sandstones

Aspect

 

Site Description:

 

Common Species Present:

 

Common Species Notably Absent:

 

Death and birth: Regeneration

 

Additional Notes:

 

Site Image Number(s)

Site Image Description(s):

1) MUK.B4.1

Red Admiral and unidentified fly feeding on ripe rose hip together with a Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana)

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SWAAG Botanical Record Number: 2010-B012

SWAAG Botanical Record Number:

 

Site Ref:

MUK.B3

Location, Civil Parish and  Site Name

Muker CP. Great Ash Gill, Low fall.

 

Botanical record description

Green Spleenwort. Asplenium viride. On cushion of the moss Amphidium mougeotii on cliff below fall on Great Ash Gill beck.

NGR:

NY869011

Surveyor:

Tim Laurie

Site Access:

CROW Access Land. Very difficult scramble to waterfall site through pathless ravine and possibly dangerous.

Site Elevation  m AOD:

400m

Site Geology and Morphology:

Namurial Shales and sandstones

Aspect

Southerly

Site Description:

Low cliff below waterfall.

Common Species Present:

Mosses including Amphidium mougeotii and liverworts.

Common Species Notably Absent:

 

Death and birth: Regeneration

 

Additional Notes:

 

Site Image Number(s)

Site Image Description(s):

1)

Green Spleenwort. Asplenium viride. On cushion of the moss Amphidium mougeotii on cliff below fall on Great Ash Gill beck.

2)

Green Spleenwort. Asplenium viride. Underside with sporangia.

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SWAAG Botanical Record Number: 2010-B011

SWAAG Botanical Record Number:

 

Site Ref:

MUK.B2

Location, Civil Parish and  Site Name

Muker CP. Hoggarths. Great Ash Gill.

 

Botanical record description

The liverwort Cladonia digitata on dead elm stump. Hogarths

NGR:

 

Surveyor:

Tim Laurie

Site Access:

Next public right of way.

Site Elevation  m AOD:

380m

Site Geology and Morphology:

Namurial shales and sandstones

Aspect

Southerly

Site Description:

Dead wych elm stump.

Common Species Present:

 

Common Species Notably Absent:

 

Additional Notes:

 

Site Image Number(s)

Site Image Description(s):

1)

Decayed Wych elm stump with lichen

2)

The liverwort Cladonia digitata on dead elm stump. Hogarths

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SWAAG Botanical Record Number:

 2010-B010

Site Ref:

MUK.B1

Location, Civil Parish and  Site Name

Muker CP. Great Ash Gill, Low Fall.

 

Botanical record description

Amphidium mougeotii. Bright green cushions of this moss on cliff below waterfall.

NGR:

NY869011

Surveyor:

Tim Laurie

Site Access:

CROW Access Land. Very difficult scramble to waterfall site through pathless ravine and possibly dangerous.

Site Elevation  m AOD:

400m

Site Geology and Morphology:

Namurial Shales and sandstones

Aspect

Southerly

Site Description:

Low cliff below waterfall.

Common Species Present:

Liverworts. Ferns including Green Spleenwort.

Common Species Notably Absent:

 

Additional Notes:

 

Site Image Number(s)

Site Image Description(s):

1)

Great Ash Gill. Low fall.

2)

Amphidium mougeotii. Bright green cushions of this moss on cliff below waterfall.

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 SWAAG Ref:

  2010-B009

Date

19 May 2010

Recorder

Tim Laurie

Coordinates

 

Description

Wych elm, Ulmus glabra, and bird cherry, Prunus padus, in flower. Swale Woods.

 

 

Image No 1

Wych elm, Ulmus glabra, and bird cherry, Prunus padus, in flower. Swale Woods.

Image No 2

 

Image No 3

 

 

 




 SWAAG Ref:

 2010-B008

Date

19 May 2010

Recorder

Tim Laurie

Coordinates

SE092975

Description

Herb Paris. (True love, One berry) Paris quadrifolia.

 

 

Image No 1

Large colony of Herb Paris next coppiced ash, with Lesser celandine and bluebell. River Swale North Bank. Stainton Low Woods. Army range.

Image No 2

Herb Paris. Detail.

Image No 3

 Herb Paris. Close-up Detail.






SWAAG Ref: 2010-B007

Date

17 June 2010

Recorder

Tim Laurie

Coordinates

NZ009024

Description

Downy rose. Rosa tomentosa agg.

 

 

Image No 1

Downy rose. Rosa tomentosa agg. Roadside hedgerow, road from to Booze from Langthwaite.

Image No 2

 

Image No 3

 



SWAAG Ref: 2010-B006

Date

September 2010

Recorder

Tim Laurie

Coordinates

NZ097016

Description

Botanical Certificate XXX Adults only.

Orgate Scar.

Badger caught short after binging on yew berries.

 

 

Image No 1

The evidence

Image No 2

 

Image No 3

 

 

 





SWAAG Ref: 2010-B005

Date

September 2010

Recorder

Tim Laurie

Coordinates

NY8601

Description

Ling. Heather. Calluna vulgaris. Late flowers

 

 

Image No 1

Ling. Heather. Calluna vulgaris. Late flowers

Image No 2

 

Image No 3

 

 

 



  
SWAAG Ref: 2010-B004
Date: 17/09/2010
Date surveyed: 09/09/2010
Surveyor: Tim Laurie
Coordinates: SE 087 968
Description: Red Admiral feeding on Yew.
Very few insects feed on the Yew, since it contains a range of toxins. However, a small fly (Taxomyia taxi) is dependent on the Yew, forming small galls (artichoke galls) at the tips of the growing shoots in some localities.
Image(s) Copyright: Tim Laurie
Condition:  
Further Images: Red Admiral close-up



  

 

 
SWAAG Ref: 2010-B003
Date: 27/08/2010
Date surveyed: 26/08/2010
Surveyor: Ric Carter
Coordinates: SE 043 999
Description: Fuligo septica slime mould, otherwise known as 'Dog Vomit Slime Mould'.
More information available from: here and here.
Dimensions Approx dimensions 2.5cm x 1.5 cm.
Condition: Found on a section of fallen and rotting tree.
Further Images: B003a  B003b Photographed by Tim Laurie at Daggerstones, Healaugh.

 

  

 
SWAAG Ref: 2010-B002
Date: 15/08/2010
Date surveyed: 17/06/2010
Surveyor: Tim Laurie
Coordinates: NZ0098 0408
Description:
Windegg Scar and the scarce Lesser Meadow Rue, Thalictrum minus which grows on an inaccessible ledge on the northern side of the Windegg Vein. This flower grows only on cliff ledges inaccessible to rabbits and sheep.

Photo 1-2 Lesser Meadow Rue, Thalictrum minus

Dimensions  
Condition:  
Further Images: Photo 3 Lesser Meadow Rue, Thalictrum minus  below the 'W' gap in Windegg Scar.

Photo 4 Windegg Scar.

 

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SWAAG Ref: 2010-B001

 

Date: 13/08/2010
Date surveyed: August 2010
Surveyor: Ric Carter
Coordinates:  
Description: A fine specimen of Horn Coral ( Zaphrentoides fossil ) found below Fremington Edge and dating from the early Carboniferous period approx 350 million years ago.
Dimensions Approx 11cm x 5cm
Condition: Good
Further Images:  

 

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