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Mountain Ash. Cynon Valley summit of Mynydd Merthyr woods/quarry at Newtown 1986

Trees colonising coaltip at Mountain Ash. Lower Cynon Valley, 30/09/73

Date: 30/09/1973

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Polluted wood by Phurnacite works. 1973 and 1974. Trees dying, foliage black, ground flora alive

Dead osk killed (?) by Sulphur dioxide from Phurnacite works, near Aberdare, September 1973
Marys species name: Oak
Scientific name: Quercus spp
Common name: Oak

Date: September 1973

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Polluted wood by Phurnacite works. 1973 and 1974. Trees dying, foliage black, ground flora alive

Dead oak, living birch to lee of Phurnacite works, September 1973
Marys species name: Oak
Scientific name: Quercus spp
Common name: Oak

Date: September 1973

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Polluted wood by Phurnacite works. 1973 and 1974. Trees dying, foliage black, ground flora alive

Blackened sycamore to leeward of Phurnacite works, Cynon, 04/04/74
Marys species name: Sycamore
Scientific name: Acer pseudoplatanus
Common name: Sycamore

Date: 04/04/1974

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Polluted wood by Phurnacite works. 1973 and 1974. Trees dying, foliage black, ground flora alive

Dead beeches to lee of Phurnacite works, Cynon Valley, 30/09/73
Marys species name: Beech
Scientific name: Fagus sylvatica
Common name: Beech

Date: 30/09/1973

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Polluted wood by Phurnacite works. 1973 and 1974. Trees dying, foliage black, ground flora alive

Dead oaks down valley from Phurnacite works. Cynon Valley, 30/09/73
Marys species name: Oak
Scientific name: Quercus spp
Common name: Oak

Date: 30/09/1973

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Cynon burning tip - seconds

River Cynon. Burning tip Dyffryn from Railway siding by wood club rush, 28/09/84
Marys species name: Wood club rush
Scientific name: Scirpus sylvaticus
Common name: Wood Club-rush

Date: 28/09/1984

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Cynon burning tip - seconds

Burning tip Mountain Ash, October 1984

Date: October 1984

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Cynon burning tip - seconds

Cynon burning tip in rain. 17/10/84

Date: 17/10/1984

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Cynon burning tip - seconds

Young elder leaves already black with carbon. Phurnacite, 04/04/74
Marys species name: Elder
Scientific name: Sambucus nigra
Common name: Elder

Date: 04/04/1974

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Cynon burning tip - seconds

8-14% of coal in Cynon burning tip 12/10/84

Date: 12/10/1984

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Cynon. Burning tip below Phurnacite works, Dyffryn, 1984

Dead birches. Summit of Dyffryn burning tip North of Mountain Ash, 23/10/84
Marys species name: Birch
Scientific name: Betula

Date: 23/10/1984

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Cynon burning tip. Fungi

Verbascum nigrum. Burned shale, coal. Mountain Ash burning tip. 23.10.84
Marys species name: Verbascum nigrum
Scientific name: Verbascum nigrum
Common name: Dark Mullein

Date: 23/10/1984

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