Research Article
Wild Plant Assessment for Heavy Metal Phytoremediation Potential along the Mafic and Ultramafic Terrain in Northern Pakistan
Table 1
Physical parameters in soil of the study area.
| Parameters | Statistics | Dubair | Jijal | Alpuri | Reference |
| | Range | 6.8–8.9 | 6.8–7.4 | 5.8–8.0 | 5.8–7.6 | pH | Mean (SDa) | 7.9 (0.6) | 7.2 (0.2) | 6.9 (0.6) | 6.8 (0.5) | | Range | 93–308 | 114–318 | 108–419 | 61–163 | ECb µS cm−1 | Mean (SD) | 157 (22) | 212 (36) | 233 (43) | 114 (21) | | Range | 2.7–6.3 | 3.1–5.4 | 3.1–6.3 | 1.7–4.4 | SOMc % | Mean (SD) | 4.2 (1.3) | 3.6 (0.9) | 5.3 (1.3) | 3.3 (1.1) |
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Standard deviation.
bElectrical conductivity.
cSoil organic matter.
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