Pollen-based vegetation and climate reconstruction of the Eemian sequence from Buntowo, N Poland.

Abstract This paper presents vegetation and climate reconstructions for Eemian Interglacial in Pomerian Lakeland based on detailed pollen data of the Buntowo site. The pollen succession from the depth of 30.60–30.50 m comprises the end of the Late Saalian with the development of open grass communities and shrub communities. The vegetation picture obtained confirms the significant role of Hippophaë rhamnoides in shrub communities in northern Poland around the beginning of the Eemian Interglacial. The pollen succession from the depth of 30.45–25.40 m comprises the Eemian Interglacial from E-1 R PAZ to the beginning of E-6 R PAZ. In northern Poland, Ulmus became a significant component of forest communities as late as in Middle Eemian. Continuous presence of Taxus baccata over the entire Middle Eemian and higher significance of Picea abies in forest communities of the younger period of Middle Eemian confirm the higher influence of oceanic climate than in Central and Eastern Poland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]