Condition of SSSI units

Compiled: 01 Aug 2010

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Region	County	District	Main habitat	Staff member responsible for unit	Unit number	Unit ID	Unit area (ha)	Latest assessment date	Assessment description	Condition assessment comment	Reason for adverse condition
Yorkshire & Humberside	North Yorkshire	Harrogate	Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland - upland	Jackie Smith	1	1012012	17.52	24 Apr 2005	Favourable	Mature high forest. Overstood ash and hazel coppice. W10 oak woodland and W9/8 ash woodland with some W7 alder patches. Improving structure, with good ash regen and dead wood. Diverse site with excellent ground flora of bluebell, ramsons and dogs mercury. Problems with sycamore abundance ( though not affecting ground flora) and locally Him balsam.
Yorkshire & Humberside	North Yorkshire	Harrogate	Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland - upland	Jackie Smith	2	1012013	17.31	01 Jul 2009	Unfavourable recovering	Varied structure and stand types across the unit. Sycamore and sycamore regeneration requires management to prevent further spread and preferably reduce extent. The level of regeneration in the woodland to be monitored. Varied ground flora which includes Festuca altissima noted on a cliff area, Carex strigosa (Thin spiked wood sedge) and stellaria nemorum (wood stitchwort). Melampyrum pratense (Common cow wheat) noted outside unit. Tufa deposits well vegetated. Saplings (eg. elder, bird cherry, ash etc) should be removed from the tufa. The management plan address the above issues.
Yorkshire & Humberside	North Yorkshire	Harrogate	Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland - upland	Jackie Smith	3	1012014	8.13	02 Dec 2009	Unfavourable recovering	Woodland management plan now in place to address reason for unfavourability