Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het Holoceen

Already in the Boreal Myrica gale (gale; bog myrtle) formed a part of the vegetation of the Drents-Friese Plateau in the Northern Netherlands. During the Subboreal gale became more important. Due to human activity especially in the borderzones of the rivers and streams which drained the Pleistocene...

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Main Authors: Piet Cleveringa, Hendrik Woldring, Dirk van Smeerdijk
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Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2006-09-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11977
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description Already in the Boreal Myrica gale (gale; bog myrtle) formed a part of the vegetation of the Drents-Friese Plateau in the Northern Netherlands. During the Subboreal gale became more important. Due to human activity especially in the borderzones of the rivers and streams which drained the Pleistocene grounds of Friesland and Utrecht, the area of Myrica increased. From these borderzones it moved up very quickly to the peat areas of the coastal zone. Once settled in the bogs gale dominated at some places the vegetation of the coastal plain of Friesland and Noord-Holland. Under watery conditions gale produces macroscopic well recognisable rootlets with verrucous tubers. The presence of the coastal barriers and the dunes in the Western Netherlands gives Myrica the opportunity to be an important element of the peat bogs, till the large-scale land reclamation started (± 800 à 1000 AD). In Friesland Myrica is on the way down already during the Roman period. Salt water and long-term drainage caused by the digging of ditches (land reclamation) resulted in the decrease of the area of Myrica.
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spelling doaj-art-e3587b7cfbd1474489ff17a6cbced01d2025-08-20T02:13:20ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352006-09-01321924210.4000/belgeo.11977Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het HoloceenPiet CleveringaHendrik WoldringDirk van SmeerdijkAlready in the Boreal Myrica gale (gale; bog myrtle) formed a part of the vegetation of the Drents-Friese Plateau in the Northern Netherlands. During the Subboreal gale became more important. Due to human activity especially in the borderzones of the rivers and streams which drained the Pleistocene grounds of Friesland and Utrecht, the area of Myrica increased. From these borderzones it moved up very quickly to the peat areas of the coastal zone. Once settled in the bogs gale dominated at some places the vegetation of the coastal plain of Friesland and Noord-Holland. Under watery conditions gale produces macroscopic well recognisable rootlets with verrucous tubers. The presence of the coastal barriers and the dunes in the Western Netherlands gives Myrica the opportunity to be an important element of the peat bogs, till the large-scale land reclamation started (± 800 à 1000 AD). In Friesland Myrica is on the way down already during the Roman period. Salt water and long-term drainage caused by the digging of ditches (land reclamation) resulted in the decrease of the area of Myrica.https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11977bog myrtlepollenmacrofossilsroot tubersfringe vegetationhorizontal groundwater flow
spellingShingle Piet Cleveringa
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Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het Holoceen
Belgeo
bog myrtle
pollen
macrofossils
root tubers
fringe vegetation
horizontal groundwater flow
title Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het Holoceen
title_full Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het Holoceen
title_fullStr Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het Holoceen
title_full_unstemmed Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het Holoceen
title_short Van hoog naar laag: migratie van Myrica gale in het Holoceen
title_sort van hoog naar laag migratie van myrica gale in het holoceen
topic bog myrtle
pollen
macrofossils
root tubers
fringe vegetation
horizontal groundwater flow
url https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11977
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