Pollen analysis of a peat profile from the Rieseberger Moor, Lower Saxony, Germany

• Main Author: Grüger, Eberhard
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2013
• Subjects: DEPTH, sediment/rock; Pinus; Picea; Ephedra distachya-type; Ephedra fragilis-type; Hippophae; Juniperus; Quercus; Ulmus; Fraxinus; Tilia; Hedera; Viscum; Fagus; Carpinus; Salix; Alnus; Betula; Corylus; Apiaceae; Artemisia; Boraginaceae; Brassicaceae; Caryophyllaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Calluna; Centaurea cyanus; Centaurea scabiosa-type; Compositae; Cyperaceae; Epilobium; Ericaceae; Fallopia convolvulus; Filipendula; Geum-type; Potentilla-type; Gentianaceae; Helianthemum nummularium-type; Lysimachia; Mentha-type; Menyanthes trifoliata; Mercurialis annua; Parnassia palustris; Plantago lanceolata-type; Poaceae; Polemonium coeruleum; Potamogeton natans-type; Ranunculus acris-type; Rosaceae; Rubiaceae; Rumex; Sanguisorba officinalis; Saxifraga aizoides-type; Saxifraga oppositifolia-type; Thalictrum; Typha latifolia-type; Varia; Pollen indeterminata; Equisetum; Lycopodium clavatum-type; Polypodiaceae; Polypodium vulgare; Sphagnum; Dachnowski corer; Counting, palynology; Selle; Saxifraga aizoides; Saxifraga oppositifolia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.817933; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.817933

The Rieseberger Moor is a fen, 145 hectares in size, situated about 20 km east of Brunswick (Braunschweig), Lower Saxony, Germany. Peat was dug in the fen – with changing intensity - since the mid-18th century until around AD 1955. According to Schneekloth & Schneider (1971) the remaining peat (...