The Younger Dryas Cold Event was named after the tundra wildflower Dryas octopetala, whose remains in Scandinavian lake sediments serve as a dating marker.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, reputable sources including Oxford Plants 400, EBSCO, Encyclopedia MDPI, and Wikipedia, all corroborating the naming origin and use of Dryas octopetala remains as a climatic marker in Scandinavian lake sediments. [cascade flags: wikipedia_dropped_other_sources_exist | tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- Sewing Saved Us from a "Cold Snap" 13 Thousand Years Ago (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/earth-and-atmospheric-sciences/younger-dryas (corroboration)
- https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/29247 (corroboration)
- https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/plants400/Profiles/cd/dryas (corroboration)