Research Article

Wild Plant Assessment for Heavy Metal Phytoremediation Potential along the Mafic and Ultramafic Terrain in Northern Pakistan

Table 5

The Pearson correlation of MTM in plants ( ).

ParametersNaKCaMgFeMnCrNiCoCuPbZnCd

Na1.000
K0.5411.000
Ca0.256−0.0581.000
Mg0.2650.1230.3081.000
Fe−0.121−0.1670.1100.1041.000
Mn0.4540.2010.1710.1580.1511.000
Cr0.197−0.0370.1010.3160.1860.1031.000
Ni0.1430.0150.1110.4130.3430.5330.5161.000
Co−0.025−0.2050.3850.2050.4130.1780.5220.5451.000
Cu0.003−0.0670.0120.1180.222−0.0580.555 0.1930.0441.000
Pb−0.075−0.1240.3240.1030.0720.079−0.0570.1370.2980.1601.000
Zn−0.023−0.0980.0200.0400.209−0.0690.1640.0660.1240.3970.2381.000
Cd0.2510.0190.0730.2270.1340.1770.2260.2100.1350.0380.0140.0591.000

Bold correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
Italic correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).