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Phytolacca americana L.

American pokeweed

Phytolaccaceae Herb

Accumulation profile

Cd Cadmium Facultative

130 µg g⁻¹ DW

1.3× the cadmium threshold

Other cadmium accumulators →

Mn Manganese Facultative

13,400 µg g⁻¹ DW

1.3× the manganese threshold

Other manganese accumulators →

Substrate

Contaminated and manganese-rich soils

Habitat

Disturbed ground

Distribution

North America, naturalised in East Asia

First reported

2008 · Peng et al.

Verification

review-cited

Description & ecology

A high-biomass perennial that accumulates both cadmium and manganese, studied in China for the remediation of multiply contaminated soils.

References

1. Reeves, R. D., Baker, A. J. M., Jaffré, T., Erskine, P. D., Echevarria, G., & van der Ent, A. (2018). A global database for plants that hyperaccumulate metal and metalloid trace elements. New Phytologist, 218, 407–411. doi:10.1111/nph.14907 APA BibTeX RIS

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