Trees and shrubs from a post-industrial area high in calcium and trace elements: the potential of dendroremediation.

That is probably the first study to date of trees and shrubs differing in age and growing on post-industrial soil contaminated with calcium (Ca) and selected toxic metals/metalloids. The obtained results show that an alkaline reaction (less than 9) of soil and an unusually high Ca concentration may help the studied tree species to adapt/survive in unfavorable habitat conditions (high concentration of toxic elements). The efficiency of phytoextraction of toxic elements was so high that, especially for forest animals (roe-deer) that consume, e.g., willow shoots, it could pose a serious threat to health and life, both for them and potentially for humans.

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Sylwia Budzyńska, Agata Kubiak, Małgorzata Szostek, Anna Budka, Monika Gąsecka, Przemysław Niedzielski, Linlin Zheng, Mirosław Mleczek. Trees and shrubs from a post-industrial area high in calcium and trace elements: the potential of dendroremediation. International journal of phytoremediation. 2022;24(5):493-506

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