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The Vegetation of Some Springs and Wet Flushes on Tarn Moor Near Orton, Westmorland

1955; Wiley; Volume: 43; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/2257122

1365-2745

M. W. Holdgate,

Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies

Tarn Moor is an area of undulating moorland lying to the west of Sunbiggin Tarn, in the parish of Orton in central Westmorland. (Nat. Grid Reference NY/6707, lat. 54? 28' N., long. 2? 30' W.) It forms an uneven plateau about 250 m. (825 ft.) above Ordnance Datum with ridges to the north and south rising to somewhat over 300 m. The rock beneath most of the moor is a Carboniferous limestone locally interrupted by