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Metallophyte logo #10101) Ecology terminology
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Metallophyte

Metallophyte logo #21000 A metallophyte is a plant that can tolerate high levels of heavy metals such as lead. Such plants range between `obligate metallophytes` (which can only survive in the presence of these metals), and `facultative metallophytes` which can tolerate such conditions but are not confined to them. European examples include Alpine Pennycress, the Zinc...
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