Postglacial Vegetation at the Northern Limit of Lichen Woodland in Northwestern Québec

• Published in: Géographie physique et Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Gajewski, Konrad, Garralla, Silvina, Milot-Roy, Valérie
• Format: Text
• Language: French
• Published: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal 1996
• Subjects: Blanche; Noire; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/033104ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/033104ar

Three pollen diagrams from the northern part of the lichen woodland in northwestern Québec show broadly similar Holocene vegetation sequences. Following deglaciation, shortly after 6000 yr BP, shrub and herbaceous tundra plants dominated briefly; Larix Iaricina, Populus and Juniperus were also impor...