Dr. Lisztes-Szabó , ZsuzsaRojas San Martín, Gonzalo2024-12-202024-12-202024-11-12https://hdl.handle.net/2437/384146The scope of this research is to broaden phytolith analyses in the needles, bark, and cones of nine conifer species common in the Holarctic region: Picea abies, Picea glauca, Pinus cembra, Pinus mugo, Pinus peuce, Pinus nigra, Pinus sylvestris, Picea orientalis, and Taxus baccata. Dry and wet ashing were involved in the process of extracting the phytoliths, after which a light microscope was used to observe these structures, and the ICPN 2.0 was utilized to identify the morphotype. Results showed that blocky-type phytoliths are potential proxies for identifying taxa at the species or genus level. They also indicated regularities in elongate phytoliths depending on the species. Finally, the cones have exhibited dissimilar morphotypes, which may have implications for future phytolith analyses.47enphytolithopal bodyconifersilica bodybarkneedleconeEnvironmental ScienceHozzáférhető a 2022 decemberi felsőoktatási törvénymódosítás értelmében.