Flora
During the Oldest Dryas, a treeless Europe similar to the Arctic tundra presented itself. It contained shrubs and herbaceous plants such as:
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- Poaceae, grasses
- Artemisia
- Betula nana, dwarf birch
- Salix retusa, dwarf willow
- Dryas octopetala
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Grassland (Inner Mongolia)
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Artemisia vulgaris
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Betula nana
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Dryas octopetala
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