Claim · model-written summary
Ribwort, Mugwort, clover and grass pollen indicated extensive pastures.
- Taxon
- Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata), Mugwort or Field southernwood (Artemesia sp.) and White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Trifolium repens
Artemisia vulgaris
Plantago lanceolataArtemesiae0 - Outcome
- extended pasturese0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“Pollen of Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata), Mugwort or Field southernwood (Artemesia sp.) and White Clover (Trifolium repens) as well as great quantities of grass (Gramineae) pollen testify to extended pastures”
Title
De geologisk-botaniske Forhold i Forbindelse med Rislev-Fundet
J. Troels Smith Kuml 1961. doi:10.7146/kuml.v11i11.103342
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- Observation Water Mint, Kingcup and Meadow-sweet occupied fairly moist soil.
- Observation Reed, sedges and several marsh plants formed a shallow-water band.
- Observation Yellow Water-lily and Pondweed prevailed in open water.
- Observation Meadow-sweet was probably the most abundant plant at the offering place, alongside Bittersweet and Buckler-fern.
- Observation Water-plant pollen fell from 3.4% below the culture layer to 1.0% above it.
- Observation Marsh-plant pollen diminished from 8.3% to 3.6%.
- Observation Moist-soil land-plant pollen increased from 24% to 31%.
- Observation Alder pollen rose from 21% to 30%.
- Observation Trees and shrubs contributed at most one-fifth of pollen rain at the offering place.
- Observation Cereal pollen indicated cultivated fields.
- Observation Cereal pollen increased from 0.7% below to 2.7% above the culture layer.
- Observation Oak dominated forest-tree pollen at 50%.
- Observation Beech contributed 15% of tree and shrub pollen.
- Observation Oak pollen rose from 38% to 56% in the culture layer, then declined.
- Observation Beech pollen changed from 20% below to 10% in and 16% above the culture layer.
- Observation Forest-tree pollen increased 12% relative to open-plant pollen.
- Observation Pollen evidence suggests the forest was spreading over the area.
- Observation Yew, honeysuckle and ivy pollen suggested warmer conditions or mild winters.