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Phytoremediation is an innovative biological technique to reclaim land contaminated by heavy metals or organic pollutants. In the present work, we studied the ability of five woody species to extract heavy metal (copper, zinc or cadmium) from a polluted soil to their above-ground tissues. Metal content in leaves and twigs was determined. Salix and Betula transferred zinc and cadmium to leaves and twigs, but Alnus, Fraxinus and Sorbus excluded them from their above-ground tissues. None of the species considered transferred copper to the shoots.
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Rosselli, W., Keller, C. & Boschi, K. Phytoextraction capacity of trees growing on a metal contaminated soil. Plant and Soil 256, 265–272 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026100707797
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