Phytoremediation of Nitrogen as Green Chemistry for Wastewater Treatment System

Table 5

Biomass yield for different types of aquatic macrophytes.

Aquatic macrophytes	Maximum annual biomass yield (t dry wt m^2 yr^−1)	References
Eichhornia crassipes	0.0106	[34]
Pistia stratiotes	0.0072	[34]
Hydrocotyle umbellata	0.0041	[34]
Phragmites communis	0.0010	[35]
Lemna minor	0.0008	[36]
Salvinia rotundifolia	0.0030	[37]