POLLEN DIAGRAMS FROM THE SHETLAND AND FAROE ISLANDS

• Published in: New Phytologist
• Main Author: JÓHANSEN, JÓHANNES
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1975
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; Streymoy; Betula nana
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb01402.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-8137.1975.tb01402.x; https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1975.tb01402.x

SUMMARY Two pollen diagrams are presented, one from Murraster, Shetland Mainland, and one from Hoydalar, Streymoy, Faroe Islands. Both localities are former lakes, now filled up, and in both places the sedimentation started about 10,000 years ago. In the Faroese diagram herbs are dominant throughout, while it can be seen that Juniperus and Salix have been of considerable significance and Betula nana has had a wide distribution in early Flandrian time. In the Shetland diagram large–leaved Betula and Corylus are also present, even though herbs were also dominant.