TABLE 1.
List of some plants tested for heavy metals accumulation.
| Heavy metal | Plant species | Maximum concentration in plant (mg/kg) | References |
| As | Pteris vittata | 8331 | Kalve et al., 2011 |
| Pteris ryukyuensis | 3647 | Srivastava et al., 2006 | |
| Pteris quadriaurita | 2900 | Srivastava et al., 2006 | |
| Corrigiola telephiifolia | 2110 | García-Salgado et al., 2012 | |
| Pteris biaurita | 2000 | Srivastava et al., 2006 | |
| Pteris cretica | 1800 | Srivastava et al., 2006 | |
| Eleocharis acicularis | 1470 | Sakakibara et al., 2011 | |
| Cd | Phytolacca Americana | 10,700 | Peng et al., 2008 |
| Sedum alfredii | 9000 | Xiong et al., 2004 | |
| Prosopis laevigata | 8176 | Buendía-González et al., 2010 | |
| Arabis gemmifera | 5600 | Kubota and Takenaka, 2003 | |
| Salsola kali | 2075 | de la Rosa et al., 2004 | |
| Thlaspi caerulescens | 1140 | Brown et al., 1994 | |
| Azolla pinnata | 740 | Rai, 2008 | |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | 236.2 | Kucharski et al., 2005 | |
| turnip landraces | 52.94–146.95 | Li et al., 2016 | |
| Co | Haumaniastrum robertii | 10,232 | Marques et al., 2009 |
| Cr | Pteris vittata | 20,675 | Kalve et al., 2011 |
| Cu | Eleocharis acicularis | 20,200 | Sakakibara et al., 2011 |
| Aeolanthus biformifolius | 13,700 | Chaney et al., 2010 | |
| Ipomoea alpine | 12,300 | Mitch, 2002 | |
| Haumaniastrum katangense | 8356 | Sheoran et al., 2009 | |
| Pteris vittata | 91.975 | Wang et al., 2012 | |
| Hg | Achillea millefolium | 18.275 | Wang et al., 2012 |
| Marrubium vulgare | 13.8 | Rodriguez et al., 2003 | |
| Rumex induratus | 6.45 | Rodriguez et al., 2003 | |
| Silene vulgaris | 4.25 | Pérez-Sanz et al., 2012 | |
| Festuca rubra | 3.17 | Rodriguez et al., 2003 | |
| Poa pratensis | 2.74 | Sas-Nowosielska et al., 2008 | |
| Hordeum spp | 2.35 | Rodriguez et al., 2003 | |
| Helianthus tuberosus | 1.89 | Sas-Nowosielska et al., 2008 | |
| Armoracia lapathifolia | 0.97 | Sas-Nowosielska et al., 2008 | |
| Juncus maritimus | 0.315 | Zheng et al., 2011 | |
| Cicer arietinum | 0.2 | Wang et al., 2012 | |
| Mn | Schima superba | 62412.3 | Yang et al., 2008 |
| Macadamia neurophylla | 51,800 | Sheoran et al., 2009 | |
| Maytenus bureaviana | 33750 | Marques et al., 2009 | |
| Alyxia rubricaulis | 14000 | Marques et al., 2009; Chaney et al., 2010 | |
| Ni | Psychotria douarrei | 47,500 | Cunningham and Ow, 1996 |
| Phyllanthus serpentinus | 38,100 | Chaney et al., 2010 | |
| Alyssum murale | 4730–20,100 | Bani et al., 2010 | |
| Alyssum markgrafii | 19,100 | Bani et al., 2010 | |
| Alyssum corsicum | 18,100 | Li et al., 2003 | |
| Berkheya coddii | 18,000 | Mesjasz-Przybyłowicz et al., 2004 | |
| Alyssum pterocarpum | 13,500 | Li et al., 2003 | |
| Alyssum caricum | 12,500 | Li et al., 2003 | |
| Alyssum heldreichii | 11,800 | Bani et al., 2010 | |
| Alyssum bertolonii | 10,900 | Li et al., 2003 | |
| Alyssum serpyllifolium | 10,000 | Prasad, 2005 | |
| Isatis pinnatiloba | 1441 | Altinözlü et al., 2012 | |
| Pb | Medicago sativa | 43,300 | Koptsik, 2014 |
| Brassica juncea | 10,300 | Koptsik, 2014 | |
| Brassica nigra | 9400 | Koptsik, 2014 | |
| Thlaspi rotundifolium | 8200 | Cunningham and Ow, 1996 | |
| Helianthus annuus | 5600 | Koptsik, 2014 | |
| Euphorbia cheiradenia | 1138 | Chehregani and Malayeri, 2007 | |
| Betula occidentalis | 1000 | Koptsik, 2014 | |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | 966.5 | Kucharski et al., 2005 | |
| Se | Lecythis ollaria | 18,200 | Marques et al., 2009 |
| Astragalus racemosus | 14,920 | Marques et al., 2009 | |
| Zn | Thlaspi caerulescens | 51,600 | Cunningham and Ow, 1996 |
| Eleocharis acicularis | 11,200 | Sakakibara et al., 2011 | |
| Thlaspi calaminare | 10,000 | Sheoran et al., 2009 | |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | 3614 | Kucharski et al., 2005 | |