Transfer of heavy metals in forest habitats: soil -- clonal plants.

The article discusses the study done to evaluate the extent of soil contamination with selected heavy metals including Zinc(Zn), Lead(Pb) and Copper(Cu), and the commutability of these contaminants into rhizome, a continuously growing rootstocks of the plant, Carex brizoides L. in oak-hornbeam habitats of European region. The result shows clonal plants – Carex brizoides, play a major role in the transfer of certain heavy metals in forest habitat.