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: Andromeda; leaves; Aulacomnium; Bark remains; Betula nana; seeds; Calendar age; mean; Calliergon sp.; Calluna vulgaris; Carex spp.; Charcoal; Counting; Stereo Microscope; Depth; bottom/max; sediment/rock; top/min; Equisetum; Ericaceae; Erica tetralix; flowers; Eriophorum spindles; Eriophorum vaginatum; High-power light microscope; Minerogenic material; Organic matter; undetermined structured; Palaeoecology; peat accumulation rate; peat basal ages and dates; PEATC; Peat corer; peatlands; Phragmites; plant macrofossil; Polytrichum jensenii; Rhynchospora alba; SM-A2018; sphagnum; Sphagnum acutifolia; Sphagnum angustifolium
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.941401; https://doi.org/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).