A postglacial plant macrofossil record of vegetation and climate change in southern Saskatchewan. Abstract Plant macrofossil analyses and 14C ages from a small, closed-drainage basin on The Missouri Coteau are used to reconstruct six phases of postglacial environmental change in southern Saskatchewan. Fossil remains of 41 taxa of vascular plants have been recognized and are illustrated.
Abundant fossils indicate establishment of an open, white spruce forest by ca.
The pond shallowed at the end of this period. Water levels rose between ca.