Postglacial vegetation data obtained using macrofossil analysis on a peat sequence reaching ~10 000 years BP in Store Mosse bog, south-central Sweden ...

• Main Authors: Ryberg, Eleonor E, Väliranta, Minna, Martínez-Cortizas, Antonio, Ehrlén, Johan, Sjöström, Jenny K, Kylander, Malin E
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: Palaeoecology; peat accumulation rate; peat basal ages and dates; peatlands; plant macrofossil; sphagnum; Sweden; Calendar age, mean; Depth, top/min; Depth, bottom/max; DEPTH, sediment/rock; Sphagnum; Sphagnum balticum; Sphagnum medium; Sphagnum cuspidatum; Sphagnum austinii; Sphagnum fuscum; Sphagnum rubellum; Sphagnum acutifolia; Sphagnum angustifolium; Sphagnum subsecundum; Sphagnum papillosum; Sphagnum fallax; Calluna vulgaris; Eriophorum vaginatum; Carex spp.; Ericaceae; Equisetum; Phragmites; Aulacomnium; Polytrichum jensenii; Calliergon sp.; Organic matter, undetermined structured; Minerogenic material; Charcoal; Bark remains; Wood remains; Erica tetralix, flowers; Eriophorum spindles; Calluna vulgaris, seeds; Vaccinium oxycoccos, leaves; Andromeda, leaves; Vaccinium spp., leaves; Betula nana, seeds; Rhynchospora alba, seeds; Carex spp., seeds; Peat corer; Stereo Microscope; High-power light microscope; Counting, Stereo Microscope; Betula nana
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.941401; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.941401

Peatland vegetation from an ombrotrophic bog (Store Mosse bog) located in south-central Sweden. The data include an Age & Peat Properties Dataset (peat bulk density analysis, peat accumulation rates (peat-AR), and an age model based on 16 radiocarbon dates) and a Plant Macrofossil Analysis Dataset, on a 678 cm long peat sequence which was collected in November 2018 (using a Russian corer) and reaches almost 10000 cal years BP in basal age. The plant macrofossil analysis includes 119 samples; 5 cubic cm of fresh peat per sample was gently cleaned using a 120 µm mesh sieve under running water (no pre-analysis treatment was required). The samples were analysed using a stereomicroscope (magnification ranging X10-40) for plant coverage percentages using a petri dish with a 10 x 10 mm grid as scale, and species identification was made using a high-power light microscope (based on stem and branch leaves for Sphagnum species). ...