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|+ hyperaccumulators and contaminants : Al, Ag, As, Be, Cr, Cu, Mn, Hg, Mo, naphthalene, Pb, Se, Zn – accumulation rates
!Contaminant | Accumulation rates (in mg/kg dry weight) | Binomial name | English name | H-Hyperaccumulator or A-Accumulator P-Precipitator T-Tolerant | Notes | Sources |
| Al | A- | Agrostis castellana | highland bentgrass | As(A), Mn(A), Pb(A), Zn(A) | Origin: Portugal. | [{{cite book |last1=McCutcheon |first1=Steven C. |last2=Schnoor |first2=Jerald L. |title=Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants |date=2003 |publisher=Wiley |isbn=978-0-471-39435-8 |series=Environmental Science and Technology}}]{{rp|p=898}} |
| Al | 1000 | Hordeum vulgare | Barley | | 25 records of plants. | {{r|MS|p=891}}[{{cite journal |last1=Grauer |first1=U. E. |last2=Horst |first2=W. J. |title=Effect of pH and nitrogen source on aluminium tolerance of rye (Secale cereale L.) and yellow lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) |journal=Plant and Soil |date=September 1990 |volume=127 |issue=1 |pages=13–21 |doi=10.1007/BF00010832 |publisher=Springer |jstor=42938620|bibcode=1990PlSoi.127...13G |s2cid=31201518 }}] |
| Al | | Hydrangea spp. | Hydrangea (a.k.a. Hortensia) | | | |
| Al | Aluminium concentrations in young leaves, mature leaves, old leaves, and roots were found to be 8.0, 9.2, 14.4, and 10.1 mg g1, respectively.[{{cite journal |author1=Toshihiro Watanabe |author2=Mitsuru Osaki |author3=Teruhiko Yoshihara |author4=Toshiaki Tadano |title=Distribution and chemical speciation of aluminum in the Al accumulator plant, Melastoma malabathricum L. |journal=Plant and Soil |volume=201 |issue=2 |pages=165–173 |date=April 1998 |doi=10.1023/A:1004341415878 |s2cid=8649008}}] | Melastoma malabathricum L. | Blue Tongue, or Native Lassiandra | P competes with Al and reduces uptake.[{{cite journal |last1=Shoellhorn |first1=Rick |last2=Richardson |first2=Alexis A. |title=Warm Climate Production Guidelines for Japanese Hydrangeas |journal=EDIS |date=2005 |volume=2005 |issue=4 |doi=10.32473/edis-ep177-2005 |publisher=Environmental Horticulture Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida |id=ENH910/EP177|doi-access=free }}] | | |
| Al | | Solidago hispida (Solidago canadensis L.) | Hairy Goldenrod | | Origin Canada. | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| Al | 100 | Vicia faba | Horse Bean | | | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| Ag | 10-1200 | Salix miyabeana | Willow | Ag(T) | Seemed able to adapt to high {{chem2|AgNO3}} concentrations on a long timeline | [{{cite journal |doi= 10.1080/15226514.2013.856840 |last1=Nissim |first1=Werther G. |first2=Pitre |last2=Frederic E. | last3=Kadri |first3=Hafssa | last4=Desjardins |first4=Dominic | last5=Labrecque |first5=Michel |title= Early Response Of Willow To Increasing Silver Concentration Exposure | journal= International Journal of Phytoremediation |volume=16 |issue= 4|pages=660–670|year=2014 | pmid=24933876 |bibcode=2014IJPhy..16..660G | s2cid=1000307 }}] |
| Ag | | Brassica napus | Rapeseed plant | Cr, Hg, Pb, Se, Zn | Phytoextraction | {{r|MS|p=20}}[{{cite web |last1=Fiegl |first1=Joseph L. |last2=McDonnell |first2=Bryan P. |last3=Kostel |first3=Jill A. |last4=Finster |first4=Mary E. |last5=Gray |first5=Kimberly A. |title=A Resource Guide: The Phytoremediation of Lead to Urban, Residential Soils |url=http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/ehe/html_kag/kimweb/MEOP/INDEX.HTM |website=Civil and Environmental Engineering |publisher=McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224034628/http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/ehe/html_kag/kimweb/MEOP/INDEX.HTM |archive-date=24 February 2011 |location=Evanston, IL}}] |
| Ag | | Salix spp. | Osier spp. | Cr, Hg, Se, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;{{r|MS|p=19}} Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalix);[{{cite journal |first=Ulrich |last=Schmidt |title=Enhancing Phytoextraction: The Effect of Chemical Soil Manipulation on Mobility, Plant Accumulation, and Leaching of Heavy Metals |journal=Journal of Environmental Quality |volume=32 |issue=6 |pages=1939–54 |date=2003 |pmid=14674516 |doi=10.2134/jeq2003.1939 |department=Plant and Soil Interaction}}] Potassium ferrocyanide (S. babylonica L.)[{{cite journal |last1=Yu |first1=Xiao-Zhang |last2=Zhou |first2=Pu-Hua |last3=Yang |first3=Yong-Miao |title=The potential for phytoremediation of iron cyanide complex by willows |journal=Ecotoxicology |volume=15 |issue=5 |pages=461–7 |date=July 2006 |pmid=16703454 |doi=10.1007/s10646-006-0081-5 |bibcode=2006Ecotx..15..461Y |s2cid=5930089 }}] | Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes) | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Ag | | Amanita strobiliformis | European Pine Cone Lepidella | Ag(H) | Macrofungi, Basidiomycete. Known from Europe, prefers calcareous areas | [{{cite journal |last1=Borovička |first1=Jan |last2=Řanda |first2=Zdeněk |last3=Jelínek |first3=Emil |last4=Kotrba |first4=Pavel |last5=Dunn |first5=Colin E. |title=Hyperaccumulation of silver by Amanita strobiliformis and related species of the section Lepidella |journal=Mycological Research |date=November 2007 |volume=111 |issue=11 |pages=1339–1344 |doi=10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.015|pmid=18023163}}] |
| Ag | 10-1200 | Brassica juncea | Indian Mustard | Ag(H) | Can form alloys of silver-gold-copper | [{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/s11051-006-9198-y |first1=Richard G. |last1=Haverkamp |first2=Aaron T. |last2=Marshall |first3=Dimitri |last3=van Agterveld |title=Pick your carats: nanoparticles of gold–silver–copper alloy produced in vivo |journal=Journal of Nanoparticle Research |volume=9 |issue= 4|pages=697–700 |date=2007 |bibcode=2007JNR.....9..697H |s2cid=56368453 }}] |
| As | 100 | Agrostis capillaris L. | Common Bent Grass, Browntop. (= A. tenuris) | Al(A), Mn(A), Pb(A), Zn(A) | | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| As | H- | Agrostis castellana | Highland Bent Grass | Al(A), Mn(A), Pb(A), Zn(A) | Origin Portugal. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| As | 1000 | Agrostis tenerrima Trin. | Colonial bentgrass | | 4 records of plants | {{r|MS|p=891}}[{{cite journal |last1=Porter |first1=E. K. |last2=Peterson |first2=P. J. |title=Arsenic accumulation by plants on mine waste (United Kingdom) |journal=Science of the Total Environment |date=November 1975 |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=365–371 |doi=10.1016/0048-9697(75)90028-5 |publisher=Elsevier|bibcode=1975ScTEn...4..365P }}] |
| As | 2-1300 | Cyanoboletus pulverulentus | Ink Stain Bolete | contains dimethylarsinic acid | Europe | [{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.09.038 |last1=Braeuer |first1=Simone |last2=Goessler |first2=Walter |last3=Kameník |first3=Jan |last4=Konvalinková |first4=Tereza |last5=Žigová |first5=Anna |last6=Borovička |first6=Jan |title=Arsenic hyperaccumulation and speciation in the edible ink stain bolete (Cyanoboletus pulverulentus) |journal=Food Chemistry |volume=242 |pages=225–231 |year=2018 |pmc=6118325 |pmid=29037683 }}
] |
| As | 27,000 (fronds)[{{cite journal |author1=Junru Wang |author2=Fang-Jie Zhao |author3=Andrew A. Meharg |author4=Andrea Raab |author5=Joerg Feldmann |author6=Steve P. McGrath |title=Mechanisms of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation in Pteris vittata. Uptake Kinetics, Interactions with Phosphate, and Arsenic Speciation |journal=Plant Physiol |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=1552–61 |date=November 2002 |pmid=12428020 |pmc=166674 |doi= 10.1104/pp.008185 |doi-access=free}}] | Pteris vittata L. | Ladder brake fern or Chinese brake fern | 26% of As in the soil removed after 20 weeks' plantation, about 90% As accumulated in fronds.[{{cite journal |first1=Cong |last1=Tu |first2=Lena Q. |last2=Ma |first3=Bhaskhar |last3=Bondada |title= Arsenic Accumulation in the Hyperaccumulator Chinese Brake and Its Utilization Potential for Phytoremediation|journal= Journal of Environmental Quality|volume= 31|issue= 5|pages= 1671–5|date= 2002|doi=10.2134/jeq2002.1671|pmid=12371185|bibcode=2002JEnvQ..31.1671T }}] | Root extracts reduce arsenate to arsenite.[{{cite journal |first1=Gui-Lan |last1=Duan |first2=Yong-Guan |last2=Zhu |first3=Yi-Ping |last3=Tong |first4=Chao |last4=Cai |first5=Ralf |last5=Kneer |title=Characterization of Arsenate Reductase in the Extract of Roots and Fronds of Chinese Brake Fern, an Arsenic Hyperaccumulator |journal=Plant Physiology |volume=138 |issue=1 |pages=461–9 |year=2005 |pmid=15834011 |pmc=1104199 |doi= 10.1104/pp.104.057422 |doi-access=free}}] | |
| As | 100-7000 | Sarcosphaera coronaria | pink crown, violet crown-cup, or violet star cup | As(H) | Ectomycorrhizal ascomycete, known from Europe | [{{cite journal |last1=Stijve |first1=Tjakko |last2=Vellinga |first2=Else C. |last3=Herrmann |first3=André |title=Arsenic accumulation in some higher fungi |journal=Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi |date=1990 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=161–166 |url=https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/531714}}][{{cite journal |last1=Borovička |first1=Jan |title=Nová lokalita baňky velkokališné |journal=Mykologický sborník |date=2004 |volume=81 |issue=3 |pages=97–99 |trans-title=New location for Sarcosphaera coronaria |publisher=Czech Mycological Society |location=Prague |language=cs}}] |
| Be | | | | | No reports found for accumulation | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| Cr | | Azolla spp. | mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern | | | {{r|MS|p=891}}[{{cite journal |last1=Priel |first1=A. |title=Purification of industrial wastewater with the Azolla fern |journal=World Water and Environmental Engineering |volume=18}}] |
| Cr | H- | Bacopa monnieri | Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola | Cd(H), Cu(H), Hg(A), Pb(A) | Origin India. Aquatic emergent species. | {{r|MS|p=898}}[{{cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=Manisha |last2=Sinha |first2=Sarita |last3=Chandra |first3=Prakash |title=Uptake and toxicity of metals in Scirpus lacustris L. and Bacopa monnieri l. |journal=Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A |date=1994 |volume=29 |issue=10 |pages=2185–2202 |doi=10.1080/10934529409376173 |publisher=Taylor & Francis|bibcode=1994JESHA..29.2185G }}] |
| Cr | | Brassica juncea L. | Indian mustard | Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A), Zn(H) | Cultivated in agriculture. | {{r|MS|pp=19,898}}[{{cite journal |last1=Bennett |first1=Lindsay E. |last2=Burkhead |first2=Jason L. |last3=Hale |first3=Kerry L. |last4=Terry |first4=Norman |last5=Pilon |first5=Marinus |last6=Pilon-Smits |first6=Elizabeth A. H. |title=Analysis of Transgenic Indian Mustard Plants for Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Mine Tailings |journal=Journal of Environmental Quality |date=March 2003 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=432–440 |doi=10.2134/jeq2003.4320 |pmid=12708665|bibcode=2003JEnvQ..32..432B }}] |
| Cr | | Brassica napus | Rapeseed plant | Ag, Hg, Pb, Se, Zn | Phytoextraction | |
| Cr | A- | Vallisneria americana | Tape Grass | Cd(H), Pb(H) | Native to Europe and North Africa. Widely cultivated in the aquarium trade. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cr | 1000 | Dicoma niccolifera | | | 35 records of plants | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| Cr | roots naturally absorb pollutants, some organic compounds believed to be carcinogenic,[{{cite web |last1=Duke |first1=James A. |title=Handbook of Energy Crops |url=https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/dukeindex.html |website=NewCROP |publisher=Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University |access-date=3 January 2023 |location=West Lafayette, IN |date=1983}}] in concentrations 10,000 times that in the surrounding water.[{{cite journal |title= Biology Briefs|journal=BioScience |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=223–224 |year=1976 |doi= 10.2307/1297259|jstor=1297259 }}] | Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | Cd(H), Cu(A), Hg(H),[ Pb(H),][ Zn(A). Also Cs, Sr, U,][{{cite web |title=Phytoremediation of Radionuclides |url=http://rydberg.biology.colostate.edu/Phytoremediation/2000/Lawra/BZ580.htm |publisher=Colorado State University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111174116/http://rydberg.biology.colostate.edu/Phytoremediation/2000/Lawra/BZ580.htm |archive-date=11 January 2012}}] and pesticides.[{{cite journal |first=Jun-Kang |last=Lan |title=Recent developments of phytoremediation |journal=Journal of Geological. Hazards and Environmental Preservation |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=46–51 |date=March 2004 |url=http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=6028544&q=&uid=788532439&setcookie=yes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520035859/http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=6028544&q=&uid=788532439&setcookie=yes |archive-date=20 May 2011 }}] | Pantropical/Subtropical. Plants sprayed with 2,4-D may accumulate lethal doses of nitrates.[{{cite book |last1=Göhl |first1=Bo |author2=International Foundation for Science |title=Tropical feeds. Feeds information summaries and nutritive values |date=1981 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |location=Stockholm |series=FAO Animal Production and Health |volume=12}}] 'The troublesome weed' – hence an excellent source of bioenergy. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cr | | Helianthus annuus | Sunflower | | Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration | {{r|MS|pp=19,898}} |
| Cr | A- | Hydrilla verticillata | Hydrilla | Cd(H), Hg(H), Pb(H) | | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cr | | Medicago sativa | Alfalfa | | | {{r|MS|p=891}}[{{cite conference |url=https://engg.k-state.edu/HSRC/98Proceed/6Tiemann/6tiemann.pdf |title=Interference studies for multi-metal binding by Medicago sativa (alfalfa) |first1=Tiemann |last1=Kirk J. |first2=Jorge L. |last2=Gardea-Torresdey |author2-link=Jorge Gardea-Torresdey |first3=Gerardo |last3=Gamez |first4=Kenneth M. |last4=Dokken |date=May 1998 |conference=Conference on Hazardous Waste Research |conference-url=https://engg.k-state.edu/hsrc/98Proceed/ |book-title=Proceedings of the 1998 Conference on Hazardous Waste Research |location=Snowbird, UT |pages=63–75 |department=Metals}}] |
| Cr | | Pistia stratiotes | Water lettuce | Cd(T), Hg(H), Cr(H), Cu(T) | | {{r|MS|pp=891,898}}[{{cite journal |last1=Sen |first1=A. K. |last2=Mondal |first2=N. G. |last3=Mandal |first3=S. |title=Studies of Uptake and Toxic Effects of Cr(VI) on Pistia stratiotes |journal=Water Science and Technology |date=1 January 1987 |volume=19 |issue=1–2 |pages=119–127 |doi=10.2166/wst.1987.0194 |publisher=International Water Association}}] |
| Cr | | Salix spp. | Osier spp. | Ag, Hg, Se, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;{{r|MS|p=19}} Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalix); | Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes) | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Cr | | Salvinia molesta | Kariba weeds or water ferns | Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A) | | {{r|MS|pp=891,898}}[{{cite journal |last1=Srivastav |first1=R. K. |last2=Gupta |first2=S. K. |last3=Nigam |first3=K. D. P. |last4=Vasudevan |first4=P. |title=Treatment of chromium and nickel in wastewater by using aquatic plants |journal=Water Research |date=July 1994 |volume=28 |issue=7 |pages=1631–1638 |doi=10.1016/0043-1354(94)90231-3|bibcode=1994WatRe..28.1631S }}] |
| Cr | | Spirodela polyrhiza | Giant Duckweed | Cd(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A) | Native to North America. | {{r|MS|pp=891,898}} |
| Cr | 100 | Jamesbrittenia fodina Hilliard
Sutera fodina Wild | | | | {{r|MS|p=891}}[{{cite journal |last1=Wild |first1=Hiram |author1-link=Hiram Wild |title=Indigenous plants and chromium in Rhodesia |journal=Kirkia |date=1974 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=233–241 |publisher=Zimbabwe's National Herbarium and Botanic Garden |jstor=23502019}}][{{cite journal |last1=Brooks |first1=Robert R. |last2=Yang |first2=Xing-hua |title=Elemental Levels and Relationships in the Endemic Serpentine Flora of the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe and Their Significance as Controlling Factors for the Flora |journal=Taxon |date=August 1984 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=392 |doi=10.2307/1220976 |publisher=Wiley |jstor=1220976}}] |
| Cr | A- | Thlaspi caerulescens | Alpine Pennycress, Alpine Pennygrass | Cd(H), Co(H), Cu(H), Mo, Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(H) | Phytoextraction. T. caerulescens may acidify its rhizosphere, which would affect metal uptake by increasing available metals[{{cite journal |last1=Delorme |first1=Thierry A. |last2=Gagliardi |first2=Joel V. |last3=Angle |first3=J. Scott |last4=Chaney |first4=Rufus L. |title=Influence of the zinc hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens J. & C. Presl. and the nonmetal accumulator Trifolium pratense L. on soil microbial populations |journal=Canadian Journal of Microbiology |date=2001 |volume=47 |issue=8 |pages=773–776 |doi=10.1139/w01-067 |pmid=11575505 |publisher=Canadian Science Publishing}}] | {{r|MS|pp=19,891,898}}[{{cite journal |author=Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad |title=Nickelophilous plants and their significance in phytotechnologies |journal=Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages= 113–128|date=2005 |doi= 10.1590/s1677-04202005000100010|doi-access=free }}][{{cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=Alan J. M. |last2=Brooks |first2=Robert R. |title=Terrestrial higher plants which hyperaccumulate metallic elements: A review of their distribution, ecology and phytochemistry |journal=Biorecovery |date=1989 |volume=1 |pages=81–126 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/247713966 |issn=0269-7572}}][{{cite journal |first1=Enzo |last1=Lombi |first2=Fang-Jie |last2=Zhao |first3=Sarah J. |last3=Dunham |first4=Steve P. |last4=McGrath |title=Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal, Contaminated Soils, Natural Hyperaccumulation versus Chemically Enhanced Phytoextraction |journal=Journal of Environmental Quality |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=1919–1926 |date=2001 |pmid=11789997 |doi=10.2134/jeq2001.1919|bibcode=2001JEnvQ..30.1919L }}] |
| Cu | 9000 | Aeollanthus biformifolius | | | | [{{cite journal |last1=Morrison |first1=Richard S. |last2=Brooks |first2=Robert R. |last3=Reeves |first3=Roger D. |last4=Malaisse |first4=François |title=Copper and cobalt uptake by metallophytes from Zaïre |journal=Plant and Soil |date=1979 |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=535–539 |doi=10.1007/bf02140724 |s2cid=42737843 |hdl=2268/266081 |url=https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/266081/1/Copper-and-cobalt-uptake-by-metallophytes-from-ZarePlant-and-Soil.pdf |publisher=Kluwer|bibcode=1979PlSoi..53..535M }}] |
| Cu | | Athyrium yokoscense | (Japanese false spleenwort?) | Cd(A), Pb(H), Zn(H) | Origin Japan. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | A- | Azolla filiculoides | Pacific mosquitofern | Ni(A), Pb(A), Mn(A) | Origin Africa. Floating plant. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | H- | Bacopa monnieri | Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola | Cd(H), Cr(H), Hg(A), Pb(A) | Origin India. Aquatic emergent species. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | | Brassica juncea L. | Indian mustard | Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A), Zn(H) | cultivated | {{r|MS|pp=19,898}} |
| Cu | H- | Vallisneria americana | Tape Grass | Cd(H), Cr(A), Pb(H) | Native to Europe and North Africa. Widely cultivated in the aquarium trade. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | | Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | Cd(H), Cr(A), Hg(H), Pb(H), Zn(A), Also Cs, Sr, U, | Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | 1000 | Haumaniastrum robertii
(Lamiaceae) | Copper flower | | 27 records of plants. Origin Africa. This species' phanerogam has the highest cobalt content. Its distribution could be governed by cobalt rather than copper.[{{cite journal |first=Robert R. |last=Brooks |title=Copper and cobalt uptake by Haumaniustrum species |journal= Plant and Soil|volume= 48|issue= 2|pages= 541–544|year= 1977|doi= 10.1007/BF02187261|bibcode=1977PlSoi..48..541B |s2cid=12181174 }}] | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| Cu | | Helianthus annuus | Sunflower | | Phytoextraction with rhizofiltration | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | 1000 | Larrea tridentata | Creosote Bush | | 67 records of plants. Origin U.S. | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| Cu | H- | Lemna minor | Duckweed | Pb(H), Cd(H), Zn(A) | Native to North America and widespread worldwide. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | | Ocimum centraliafricanum | Copper plant | Cu(T), Ni(T) | Origin Southern Africa | [{{cite journal |last1=Howard-Williams |first1=Clive |year=1970 |title=The ecology of Becium homblei in Central Africa with special reference to metalliferous soils |journal=Journal of Ecology |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=745–763 |doi= 10.2307/2258533|jstor=2258533 |bibcode=1970JEcol..58..745H }}] |
| Cu | T- | Pistia stratiotes | Water Lettuce | Cd(T), Hg(H), Cr(H) | Pantropical. Origin South U.S.A. Aquatic herb. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Cu | | Thlaspi caerulescens | Alpine pennycress, Alpine Pennycress, Alpine Pennygrass | Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Mo, Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(H) | Phytoextraction. Cu noticeably limits its growth. | {{r|MS|pp=19,891,898}} |
| Mn | A- | Agrostis castellana | Highland Bent Grass | Al(A), As(A), Pb(A), Zn(A) | Origin Portugal. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Mn | | Azolla filiculoides | Pacific mosquitofern | Cu(A), Ni(A), Pb(A) | Origin Africa. Floating plant. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Mn | | Brassica juncea L. | Indian mustard | | | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Mn | 23,000 (maximum) 11,000 (average) leaf | Chengiopanax sciadophylloides (Franch. & Sav.) C.B.Shang & J.Y.Huang | koshiabura | | Origin Japan. Forest tree. | [{{cite journal|last1=Mizuno|first1=Takafumi|last2=Emori|first2=Kanae|last3=Ito|first3=Shin-ichiro|title=Manganese hyperaccumulation from non-contaminated soil in Chengiopanax sciadophylloides Franch. and Sav. and its correlation with calcium accumulation|journal=Soil Science and Plant Nutrition|date=2013|volume=59|issue=4|pages=591–602|doi=10.1080/00380768.2013.807213|s2cid=97458219 |doi-access=free|bibcode=2013SSPN...59..591M }}] |
| Mn | | Helianthus annuus | Sunflower | | Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Mn | 1000 | Macadamia neurophylla
(now Virotia neurophylla (Guillaumin) P. H. Weston & A. R. Mast) | | | 28 records of plants | {{r|MS|p=891}}[{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=Alan J. M. |last2=Walker |first2=Philip L. |editor1-last=Shaw |editor1-first=A. Jonathan |title=Heavy metal tolerance in plants: evolutionary aspects |date=1990 |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton, FL. |isbn=0-8493-6852-9 |pages=155–177 |chapter=Ecophysiology of Metal Uptake by Tolerant Plants}}] |
| Mn | 200 | | | | | {{r|MS|p=891}} |
| Hg | A- | Bacopa monnieri | Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola | Cd(H), Cr(H), Cu(H), Hg(A), Pb(A) | Origin India. Aquatic emergent species. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Hg | | Brassica napus | Rapeseed plant | Ag, Cr, Pb, Se, Zn | Phytoextraction | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Hg | | Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(A), Pb(H), Zn(A). Also Cs, Sr, U, | Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Hg | H- | Hydrilla verticillata | Hydrilla | Cd(H), Cr(A), Pb(H) | | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Hg | 1000 | Pistia stratiotes | Water lettuce | Cd(T), Cr(H), Cu(T) | 35 records of plants | {{r|MS|pp=891,898}}[Atri 1983]{{full citation needed|date=January 2023}} |
| Hg | | Salix spp. | Osier spp. | Ag, Cr, Se, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;{{r|MS|p=19}} Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalix); | Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes) | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Mo | 1500 | Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae) | Alpine pennycress | Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(H) | phytoextraction | {{r|MS|pp=19,891,898}} |
| Naphthalene | | Festuca arundinacea | Tall Fescue | | Increases catabolic genes and the mineralization of naphthalene. | [{{cite journal |first1=Steven D. |last1=Siciliano |first2=James J. |last2=Germida |first3=Kathy |last3=Banks |first4=Charles W. |last4=Greer |title=Changes in Microbial Community Composition and Function during a Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Phytoremediation Field Trial |journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology |volume=69 |issue=1 |pages=483–9 |date=January 2003 |pmid=12514031 |pmc=152433 |doi= 10.1128/AEM.69.1.483-489.2003|bibcode=2003ApEnM..69..483S }}] |
| Naphthalene | | Trifolium hirtum | Pink clover, rose clover | | Decreases catabolic genes and the mineralization of naphthalene. | |
| Pb | A- | Agrostis castellana | 'Highland Bent Grass | Al(A), As(H), Mn(A), Zn(A) | Origin Portugal. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | | Ambrosia artemisiifolia | Ragweed | | | |
| Pb | | Armeria maritima | Seapink Thrift | | | |
| Pb | | Athyrium yokoscense | (Japanese false spleenwort?) | Cd(A), Cu(H), Zn(H) | Origin Japan. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | A- | Azolla filiculoides | Pacific mosquitofern | Cu(A), Ni(A), Mn(A) | Origin Africa. Floating plant. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | A- | Bacopa monnieri | Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola | Cd(H), Cr(H), Cu(H), Hg(A) | Origin India. Aquatic emergent species. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | H- | Brassica juncea | Indian mustard | Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A), Zn(H) | 79 recorded plants. Phytoextraction | {{r|MS|pp=19,891,898}}[{{cite tech report |institution=Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council |date=2009 |title=Phytotechnology Technical and Regulatory Guidance and Decision Trees, Revised |number=PHYTO-3 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA501376.pdf }}] |
| Pb | | Brassica napus | Rapeseed plant | Ag, Cr, Hg, Se, Zn | Phytoextraction | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Pb | | Brassica oleracea | Ornamental Kale and Cabbage, Broccoli | | | |
| Pb | H- | Vallisneria americana | Tape Grass | Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(H) | Native to Europe and North Africa. Widely cultivated in the aquarium trade. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | | Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(A), Hg(H), Zn(A). Also Cs, Sr, U, | Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | | Festuca ovina | Blue Sheep Fescue | | | |
| Pb | | Ipomoea trifida | Morning glory | | Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration | {{r|MS|pp=19,898}} |
| Pb | H- | Hydrilla verticillata | Hydrilla | Cd(H), Cr(A), Hg(H) | | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | H- | Lemna minor | Duckweed | Cd(H), Cu(H), Zn(H) | Native to North America and widespread worldwide. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | | Salix viminalis | Common Osier | Cd, U, Zn, | Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes) | |
| Pb | H- | Salvinia molesta | Kariba weeds or water ferns | Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A) | Origin India. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Pb | | Spirodela polyrhiza | Giant Duckweed | Cd(H), Cr(H), Ni(H), Zn(A) | Native to North America. | {{r|MS|pp=891,898}} |
| Pb | | Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae) | Alpine pennycress, Alpine pennygrass | Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Cu(H), Mo(H), Ni(H), Zn(H) | Phytoextraction. | {{r|MS|pp=19,891,898}} |
| Pb | | Thlaspi rotundifolium | Round-leaved Pennycress | | | |
| Pb | | Triticum aestivum | Common Wheat | | | |
| Se | .012-20 | Amanita muscaria | Fly agaric | | Cap contains higher concentrations than stalks[{{cite journal |first=Tjakko |last=Stijve |title=Selenium content of mushrooms |journal=Zeitschrift für Lebensmittel-Untersuchung und -Forschung A |volume=164 |issue=3 |pages=201–3 |date=September 1977 |doi=10.1007/BF01263031 |pmid=562040 |s2cid=31058569 }}] | |
| Se | | Brassica juncea | Indian mustard | | Rhizosphere bacteria enhance accumulation.[{{cite journal |first1=Mark P. |last1=de Souza |first2=Dara |last2=Chu |first3=May |last3=Zhao |first4=Adel M. |last4=Zayed |first5=Steven E. |last5=Ruzin |first6=Denise |last6=Schichnes |first7=Norman |last7=Terry |title=Rhizosphere Bacteria Enhance Selenium Accumulation and Volatilization by Indian mustard |journal=Plant Physiology |volume=119 |issue=2 |pages=565–574 |year=1999 |pmid=9952452 |pmc=32133 |doi= 10.1104/pp.119.2.565}}] | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Se | | Brassica napus | Rapeseed plant | Ag, Cr, Hg, Pb, Zn | Phytoextraction. | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Se | Low rates of selenium volatilization from selenate-supplied Muskgrass (10-fold less than from selenite) may be due to a major rate limitation in the reduction of selenate to organic forms of selenium in Muskgrass. | Chara canescens Desv. & Lois | Muskgrass | | Muskgrass treated with selenite contains 91% of the total Se in organic forms (selenoethers and diselenides), compared with 47% in Muskgrass treated with selenate.[X-ray absorption spectroscopy speciation analysis.] 1.9% of the total Se input is accumulated in its tissues; 0.5% is removed via biological volatilization.[Average Se concentration of 22 μg/L supplied over a 24-d experimental period.] | [{{cite journal |author1=Z.-Q. Lin |author2=M.P. de Souza |author3=I. J. Pickering |author4=N. Terry |title=Evaluation of the Macroalga, Muskgrass, for the Phytoremediation of Selenium-Contaminated Agricultural Drainage Water by Microcosms |journal=Journal of Environmental Quality |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=2104–10 |year=2002 |pmid=12469862 |doi=10.2134/jeq2002.2104|bibcode=2002JEnvQ..31.2104L }}] |
| Se | | Bassia scoparia
(a.k.a. Kochia scoparia) | burningbush, ragweed, summer cypress, fireball, belvedere and Mexican firebrush, Mexican fireweed | U, | Perchlorate (wetland halophytes). Phytoextraction. | {{r|MS|pp=19,898}} |
| Se | | Salix spp. | Osier spp. | Ag, Cr, Hg, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;{{r|MS|p=19}} Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalis); | Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes). | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Zn | A- | Agrostis castellana | Highland Bent Grass | Al(A), As(H), Mn(A), Pb(A) | Origin Portugal. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Zn | | Athyrium yokoscense | (Japanese false spleenwort?) | Cd(A), Cu(H), Pb(H) | Origin Japan. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Zn | | Brassicaceae | Mustards, mustard flowers, crucifers or cabbage family | Cd(H), Cs(H), Ni(H), Sr(H) | Phytoextraction | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Zn | | Brassica juncea L. | Indian mustard | Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A). | Larvae of Pieris brassicae do not even sample its high-Zn leaves. (Pollard and Baker, 1997) | {{r|MS|pp=19,898}} |
| Zn | | Brassica napus | Rapeseed plant | Ag, Cr, Hg, Pb, Se | Phytoextraction | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Zn | | Helianthus annuus | Sunflower | | Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration | {{r|MS|p=19}} |
| Zn | | Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(A), Hg(H), Pb(H). Also Cs, Sr, U, | Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Zn | | Salix viminalis | Common Osier | Ag, Cr, Hg, Se, petroleum hydrocarbons, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;{{r|MS|p=19}} Cd, Pb, U (S. viminalis); | Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes). | |
| Zn | A- | Salvinia molesta | Kariba weeds or water ferns | Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A) | Origin India. | {{r|MS|p=898}} |
| Zn | 1400 | Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke (Caryophyllaceae) | Bladder campion | | | Ernst et al. (1990) |
| Zn | | Spirodela polyrhiza | Giant Duckweed | Cd(H), Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H) | Native to North America. | {{r|MS|pp=891,898}} |
| Zn | H-10,000 | Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae) | Alpine pennycress | Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Cu(H), Mo, Ni(H), Pb(H) | 48 records of plants. May acidify its own rhizosphere, which would facilitate absorption by solubilization of the metal | {{r|MS|pp=19,891,898}} |
| Zn | | Trifolium pratense | Red Clover | Nonmetal accumulator. | Its rhizosphere is denser in bacteria than that of Thlaspi caerulescens, but T. caerulescens has relatively more metal-resistant bacteria. | |