Editing River Wharfe (section)

===Flora===

Ferns found here include [[Asplenium ruta-muraria|wall rue]], [[maidenhair spleenwort]], [[brittle bladder-fern]], [[Hart's-tongue]] and [[Polystichum aculeatum|hard shield-fern]]. In Upper Wharfedale the scars and screes support a range of plants including the [[alpine cinquefoil]] and [[hoary whitlowgrass]]. Also to be found are [[lesser meadow-rue]], [[goldenrod]], [[Scabiosa|scabious]] and [[bloody crane's-bill]] with, to a lesser extent, [[mountain melick]], [[limestone fern]], [[wood crane's-bill]] and [[Cirsium heterophyllum|melancholy thistle]], [[Asplenium viride|green spleenwort]], [[wall lettuce]] and [[hairy stonecrop]].<ref name="Habitats"/>

Lower down the valley, species including [[alpine cinquefoil]], [[lily-of-the-valley]], [[mountain melick]] and [[herb paris]], [[blue sesleria]], [[common valerian]] and [[wild angelica]]. The limestone outcrops have uncommon species including [[rock whitebeam]] and [[Maianthemum|Solomon's seal]] as well as [[Primula farinosa|bird's-eye primrose]], [[butterwort]], [[rockrose]], [[Filipendula vulgaris|dropwort]] and [[Galium sterneri|limestone bedstraw]].

The limestone pavements of the area are a habitat for several species usually confined to woodlands, such as [[dog's mercury]], [[Anemone nemorosa|wood anemone]] and [[ramsons]]. Rarer species to be found in the grikes include [[baneberry]] and [[downy currant]]. Ferns in the moist grikes include [[rigid buckler-fern]]. Also to be found are [[Chrysosplenium alternifolium|alternate-leaved golden saxifrage]], [[reed canary-grass]] and [[stone bramble]].

Some of the inaccessible cliffs are home to ledge dwelling flora including mosses and liverworts, such as [[red leskea]], [[sharp rock-bristle]] and the very rare ''[[Zygodon gracilis]]''. The ledges also support [[woodrush]], [[polypody]] and [[water avens]], [[purple saxifrage]], [[yellow saxifrage]], hoary whitlowgrass and [[roseroot]].
 
[[Sesleria caerulea|Blue moor-grass]] can also be found, with [[sheep's-fescue]] and herbs such as [[thyme]], [[salad burnet]] and [[common rock-rose]]. There is [[wild thyme]], [[Polygala vulgaris|common milkwort]], [[fairy flax]], [[bird's-foot trefoil]], [[Gentiana amarella|autumn gentian]], [[harebell]], [[eyebright]].

Species of tree and shrub include [[Fraxinus|ash]], [[downy birch]], [[hazel]], [[Crataegus monogyna|hawthorn]], [[Taxus baccata|yew]] and [[rowan]]. In the woods shrubs such as [[wild privet]] and [[Euonymus|spindle]] can be found. More rare is [[dark red helleborine]].<ref name="Habitats"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wharfequest.co.uk/plantrees.htm|title=Plants|access-date=25 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618194322/http://www.wharfequest.co.uk/plantrees.htm|archive-date=18 June 2013}}</ref>