Exploring Phytoremediation Potential: A Comprehensive Study of Flora Inventory and Soil Heavy Metal Contents in the Northeastern Mining Districts of Morocco.

ABSTRACT: Mining activities produce waste materials and effluents with very high metal concentrations that can negatively impact ecosystems and human health. Consequently, data on soil and plant metal levels are crucial for evaluating pollution severity and formulating soil reclamation strategies, such as phytoremediation. Our research focused on soils and vegetation of a highly contaminated site with potentially toxic metals (Pb, Zn, and Cu) in the Touissit mining districts of eastern Morocco. Vegetation inventory was carried out in three mine tailings of the Touissit mine fields using the "field tower" technique. Here, 91 species belonging to 23 families were inventoried: the most represented families were Poaceae and Asteraceae, and the biological spectrum indicated a predominance o

SUBMITTER: Oujdi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11244480 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature