List of hyperaccumulators

This article covers known hyperaccumulators, accumulators or species tolerant to the following: Aluminium (Al), Silver (Ag), Arsenic (As), Beryllium (Be), Chromium (Cr), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Mercury (Hg), Molybdenum (Mo), Naphthalene, Lead (Pb), Selenium (Se) and Zinc (Zn).

See also:

• Hyperaccumulators table – 2: Nickel
• Hyperaccumulators table – 3: Cd, Cs, Co, Pu, Ra, Sr, U, radionuclides, hydrocarbons, organic solvents, etc.

Hyperaccumulators table – 1

hyperaccumulators and contaminants : Al, Ag, As, Be, Cr, Cu, Mn, Hg, Mo, naphthalene, Pb, Se, Zn – accumulation rates

Contaminant	Accumulation rates (in mg/kg dry weight)	Binomial name	English name	H-Hyperaccumulator or A-Accumulator P-Precipitator T-Tolerant	Notes	Sources
Al	A-	Agrostis castellana	highland bentgrass	As(A), Mn(A), Pb(A), Zn(A)	Origin: Portugal.	[1]: 898
Al	1000	Hordeum vulgare	Barley		25 records of plants.	[1]: 891 [2]
Al		Hydrangea spp.	Hydrangea (a.k.a. Hortensia)
Al	Aluminium concentrations in young leaves, mature leaves, old leaves, and roots were found to be 8.0, 9.2, 14.4, and 10.1 mg g1, respectively.[3]	Melastoma malabathricum L.	Blue Tongue, or Native Lassiandra	P competes with Al and reduces uptake.[4]
Al		Solidago hispida (Solidago canadensis L.)	Hairy Goldenrod		Origin Canada.	[1]: 891 [2]
Al	100	Vicia faba	Horse Bean			[1]: 891 [2]
Ag	10-1200	Salix miyabeana	Willow	Ag(T)	Seemed able to adapt to high AgNO3 concentrations on a long timeline	[5]
Ag		Brassica napus	Rapeseed plant	Cr, Hg, Pb, Se, Zn	Phytoextraction	[1]: 20 [6]
Ag		Salix spp.	Osier spp.	Cr, Hg, Se, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;[1]: 19  Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalix);[7] Potassium ferrocyanide (S. babylonica L.)[8]	Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes)	[1]: 19
Ag		Amanita strobiliformis	European Pine Cone Lepidella	Ag(H)	Macrofungi, Basidiomycete. Known from Europe, prefers calcareous areas	[9]
Ag	10-1200	Brassica juncea	Indian Mustard	Ag(H)	Can form alloys of silver-gold-copper	[10]
As	100	Agrostis capillaris L.	Common Bent Grass, Browntop. (= A. tenuris)	Al(A), Mn(A), Pb(A), Zn(A)		[1]: 891
As	H-	Agrostis castellana	Highland Bent Grass	Al(A), Mn(A), Pb(A), Zn(A)	Origin Portugal.	[1]: 898
As	1000	Agrostis tenerrima Trin.	Colonial bentgrass		4 records of plants	[1]: 891 [11]
As	2-1300	Cyanoboletus pulverulentus	Ink Stain Bolete	contains dimethylarsinic acid	Europe	[12]
As	27,000 (fronds)[13]	Pteris vittata L.	Ladder brake fern or Chinese brake fern	26% of As in the soil removed after 20 weeks' plantation, about 90% As accumulated in fronds.[14]	Root extracts reduce arsenate to arsenite.[15]
As	100-7000	Sarcosphaera coronaria	pink crown, violet crown-cup, or violet star cup	As(H)	Ectomycorrhizal ascomycete, known from Europe	[16][17]
Be					No reports found for accumulation	[1]: 891
Cr		Azolla spp.	mosquito fern, duckweed fern, fairy moss, water fern			[1]: 891 [18]
Cr	H-	Bacopa monnieri	Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola	Cd(H), Cu(H), Hg(A), Pb(A)	Origin India. Aquatic emergent species.	[1]: 898 [19]
Cr		Brassica juncea L.	Indian mustard	Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A), Zn(H)	Cultivated in agriculture.	[1]: 19, 898 [20]
Cr		Brassica napus	Rapeseed plant	Ag, Hg, Pb, Se, Zn	Phytoextraction	[6][1]: 19
Cr	A-	Vallisneria americana	Tape Grass	Cd(H), Pb(H)	Native to Europe and North Africa. Widely cultivated in the aquarium trade.	[1]: 898
Cr	1000	Dicoma niccolifera			35 records of plants	[1]: 891
Cr	roots naturally absorb pollutants, some organic compounds believed to be carcinogenic,[21] in concentrations 10,000 times that in the surrounding water.[22]	Eichhornia crassipes	Water Hyacinth	Cd(H), Cu(A), Hg(H),[21] Pb(H),[21] Zn(A). Also Cs, Sr, U,[21][23] and pesticides.[24]	Pantropical/Subtropical. Plants sprayed with 2,4-D may accumulate lethal doses of nitrates.[25] 'The troublesome weed' – hence an excellent source of bioenergy.[21]	[1]: 898
Cr		Helianthus annuus	Sunflower		Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration	[1]: 19, 898
Cr	A-	Hydrilla verticillata	Hydrilla	Cd(H), Hg(H), Pb(H)		[1]: 898
Cr		Medicago sativa	Alfalfa			[1]: 891 [26]
Cr		Pistia stratiotes	Water lettuce	Cd(T), Hg(H), Cr(H), Cu(T)		[1]: 891, 898 [27]
Cr		Salix spp.	Osier spp.	Ag, Hg, Se, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;[1]: 19  Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalix);[7] Potassium ferrocyanide (S. babylonica L.)[8]	Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes)	[1]: 19
Cr		Salvinia molesta	Kariba weeds or water ferns	Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A)		[1]: 891, 898 [28]
Cr		Spirodela polyrhiza	Giant Duckweed	Cd(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A)	Native to North America.	[1]: 891, 898 [28]
Cr	100	Jamesbrittenia fodina Hilliard Sutera fodina Wild				[1]: 891 [29][30]
Cr	A-	Thlaspi caerulescens	Alpine Pennycress, Alpine Pennygrass	Cd(H), Co(H), Cu(H), Mo, Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(H)	Phytoextraction. T. caerulescens may acidify its rhizosphere, which would affect metal uptake by increasing available metals[31]	[1]: 19, 891, 898 [32][33][34]
Cu	9000	Aeollanthus biformifolius				[35]
Cu		Athyrium yokoscense	(Japanese false spleenwort?)	Cd(A), Pb(H), Zn(H)	Origin Japan.	[1]: 898
Cu	A-	Azolla filiculoides	Pacific mosquitofern	Ni(A), Pb(A), Mn(A)	Origin Africa. Floating plant.	[1]: 898
Cu	H-	Bacopa monnieri	Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola	Cd(H), Cr(H), Hg(A), Pb(A)	Origin India. Aquatic emergent species.	[1]: 898 [19]
Cu		Brassica juncea L.	Indian mustard	Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A), Zn(H)	cultivated	[1]: 19, 898 [20]
Cu	H-	Vallisneria americana	Tape Grass	Cd(H), Cr(A), Pb(H)	Native to Europe and North Africa. Widely cultivated in the aquarium trade.	[1]: 898
Cu		Eichhornia crassipes	Water Hyacinth	Cd(H), Cr(A), Hg(H), Pb(H), Zn(A), Also Cs, Sr, U,[23] and pesticides.[24]	Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'.	[1]: 898
Cu	1000	Haumaniastrum robertii (Lamiaceae)	Copper flower		27 records of plants. Origin Africa. This species' phanerogam has the highest cobalt content. Its distribution could be governed by cobalt rather than copper.[36]	[1]: 891 [33]
Cu		Helianthus annuus	Sunflower		Phytoextraction with rhizofiltration	[1]: 898 [33]
Cu	1000	Larrea tridentata	Creosote Bush		67 records of plants. Origin U.S.	[1]: 891 [33]
Cu	H-	Lemna minor	Duckweed	Pb(H), Cd(H), Zn(A)	Native to North America and widespread worldwide.	[1]: 898
Cu		Ocimum centraliafricanum	Copper plant	Cu(T), Ni(T)	Origin Southern Africa	[37]
Cu	T-	Pistia stratiotes	Water Lettuce	Cd(T), Hg(H), Cr(H)	Pantropical. Origin South U.S.A. Aquatic herb.	[1]: 898
Cu		Thlaspi caerulescens	Alpine pennycress, Alpine Pennycress, Alpine Pennygrass	Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Mo, Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(H)	Phytoextraction. Cu noticeably limits its growth.[34]	[1]: 19, 891, 898 [31][32][33][34]
Mn	A-	Agrostis castellana	Highland Bent Grass	Al(A), As(A), Pb(A), Zn(A)	Origin Portugal.	[1]: 898
Mn		Azolla filiculoides	Pacific mosquitofern	Cu(A), Ni(A), Pb(A)	Origin Africa. Floating plant.	[1]: 898
Mn		Brassica juncea L.	Indian mustard			[1]: 19 [20]
Mn	23,000 (maximum) 11,000 (average) leaf	Chengiopanax sciadophylloides (Franch. & Sav.) C.B.Shang & J.Y.Huang	koshiabura		Origin Japan. Forest tree.	[38]
Mn		Helianthus annuus	Sunflower		Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration	[1]: 19
Mn	1000	Macadamia neurophylla (now Virotia neurophylla (Guillaumin) P. H. Weston & A. R. Mast)			28 records of plants	[1]: 891 [39]
Mn	200					[1]: 891
Hg	A-	Bacopa monnieri	Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola	Cd(H), Cr(H), Cu(H), Hg(A), Pb(A)	Origin India. Aquatic emergent species.	[1]: 898 [19]
Hg		Brassica napus	Rapeseed plant	Ag, Cr, Pb, Se, Zn	Phytoextraction	[1]: 19 [6]
Hg		Eichhornia crassipes	Water Hyacinth	Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(A), Pb(H), Zn(A). Also Cs, Sr, U,[23] and pesticides.[24]	Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'.	[1]: 898
Hg	H-	Hydrilla verticillata	Hydrilla	Cd(H), Cr(A), Pb(H)		[1]: 898
Hg	1000	Pistia stratiotes	Water lettuce	Cd(T), Cr(H), Cu(T)	35 records of plants	[1]: 891, 898 [33][40][full citation needed]
Hg		Salix spp.	Osier spp.	Ag, Cr, Se, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;[1]: 19  Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalix);[7] Potassium ferrocyanide (S. babylonica L.)[8]	Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes)	[1]: 19
Mo	1500	Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae)	Alpine pennycress	Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(H)	phytoextraction	[1]: 19, 891, 898 [31][32][33][34]
Naphthalene		Festuca arundinacea	Tall Fescue		Increases catabolic genes and the mineralization of naphthalene.	[41]
Naphthalene		Trifolium hirtum	Pink clover, rose clover		Decreases catabolic genes and the mineralization of naphthalene.	[41]
Pb	A-	Agrostis castellana	'Highland Bent Grass	Al(A), As(H), Mn(A), Zn(A)	Origin Portugal.	[1]: 898
Pb		Ambrosia artemisiifolia	Ragweed			[6]
Pb		Armeria maritima	Seapink Thrift			[6]
Pb		Athyrium yokoscense	(Japanese false spleenwort?)	Cd(A), Cu(H), Zn(H)	Origin Japan.	[1]: 898
Pb	A-	Azolla filiculoides	Pacific mosquitofern	Cu(A), Ni(A), Mn(A)	Origin Africa. Floating plant.	[1]: 898
Pb	A-	Bacopa monnieri	Smooth Water Hyssop, Water hyssop, Brahmi, Thyme-leafed gratiola	Cd(H), Cr(H), Cu(H), Hg(A)	Origin India. Aquatic emergent species.	[1]: 898 [19]
Pb	H-	Brassica juncea	Indian mustard	Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A), Zn(H)	79 recorded plants. Phytoextraction	[1]: 19, 891, 898 [6][20][31][33][34][42]
Pb		Brassica napus	Rapeseed plant	Ag, Cr, Hg, Se, Zn	Phytoextraction	[1]: 19 [6]
Pb		Brassica oleracea	Ornamental Kale and Cabbage, Broccoli			[6]
Pb	H-	Vallisneria americana	Tape Grass	Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(H)	Native to Europe and North Africa. Widely cultivated in the aquarium trade.	[1]: 898
Pb		Eichhornia crassipes	Water Hyacinth	Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(A), Hg(H), Zn(A). Also Cs, Sr, U,[23] and pesticides.[24]	Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'.	[1]: 898
Pb		Festuca ovina	Blue Sheep Fescue			[6]
Pb		Ipomoea trifida	Morning glory		Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration	[1]: 19, 898 [6][7][42]
Pb	H-	Hydrilla verticillata	Hydrilla	Cd(H), Cr(A), Hg(H)		[1]: 898
Pb	H-	Lemna minor	Duckweed	Cd(H), Cu(H), Zn(H)	Native to North America and widespread worldwide.	[1]: 898
Pb		Salix viminalis	Common Osier	Cd, U, Zn,[7] Ag, Cr, Hg, Se, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products (S. spp.);[1]: 19  Potassium ferrocyanide (S. babylonica L.)[8]	Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes)	[7]
Pb	H-	Salvinia molesta	Kariba weeds or water ferns	Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A)	Origin India.	[1]: 898
Pb		Spirodela polyrhiza	Giant Duckweed	Cd(H), Cr(H), Ni(H), Zn(A)	Native to North America.	[1]: 891, 898 [28]
Pb		Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae)	Alpine pennycress, Alpine pennygrass	Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Cu(H), Mo(H), Ni(H), Zn(H)	Phytoextraction.	[1]: 19, 891, 898 [31][32][33][34]
Pb		Thlaspi rotundifolium	Round-leaved Pennycress			[6]
Pb		Triticum aestivum	Common Wheat			[6]
Se	.012-20	Amanita muscaria	Fly agaric		Cap contains higher concentrations than stalks[43]
Se		Brassica juncea	Indian mustard		Rhizosphere bacteria enhance accumulation.[44]	[1]: 19
Se		Brassica napus	Rapeseed plant	Ag, Cr, Hg, Pb, Zn	Phytoextraction.	[1]: 19 [6]
Se	Low rates of selenium volatilization from selenate-supplied Muskgrass (10-fold less than from selenite) may be due to a major rate limitation in the reduction of selenate to organic forms of selenium in Muskgrass.	Chara canescens Desv. & Lois	Muskgrass		Muskgrass treated with selenite contains 91% of the total Se in organic forms (selenoethers and diselenides), compared with 47% in Muskgrass treated with selenate.[45] 1.9% of the total Se input is accumulated in its tissues; 0.5% is removed via biological volatilization.[46]	[47]
Se		Bassia scoparia (a.k.a. Kochia scoparia)	burningbush, ragweed, summer cypress, fireball, belvedere and Mexican firebrush, Mexican fireweed	U,[7] Cr, Pb, Hg, Ag, Zn	Perchlorate (wetland halophytes). Phytoextraction.	[1]: 19, 898
Se		Salix spp.	Osier spp.	Ag, Cr, Hg, petroleum hydrocarbures, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;[1]: 19  Cd, Pb, U, Zn (S. viminalis);[7] Potassium ferrocyanide (S. babylonica L.)[8]	Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes).	[1]: 19
Zn	A-	Agrostis castellana	Highland Bent Grass	Al(A), As(H), Mn(A), Pb(A)	Origin Portugal.	[1]: 898
Zn		Athyrium yokoscense	(Japanese false spleenwort?)	Cd(A), Cu(H), Pb(H)	Origin Japan.	[1]: 898
Zn		Brassicaceae	Mustards, mustard flowers, crucifers or cabbage family	Cd(H), Cs(H), Ni(H), Sr(H)	Phytoextraction	[1]: 19
Zn		Brassica juncea L.	Indian mustard	Cd(A), Cr(A), Cu(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Pb(P), U(A).	Larvae of Pieris brassicae do not even sample its high-Zn leaves. (Pollard and Baker, 1997)	[1]: 19, 898 [20]
Zn		Brassica napus	Rapeseed plant	Ag, Cr, Hg, Pb, Se	Phytoextraction	[1]: 19 [6]
Zn		Helianthus annuus	Sunflower		Phytoextraction and rhizofiltration	[1]: 19 [7]
Zn		Eichhornia crassipes	Water Hyacinth	Cd(H), Cr(A), Cu(A), Hg(H), Pb(H). Also Cs, Sr, U,[23] and pesticides.[24]	Pantropical/Subtropical, 'the troublesome weed'.	[1]: 898
Zn		Salix viminalis	Common Osier	Ag, Cr, Hg, Se, petroleum hydrocarbons, organic solvents, MTBE, TCE and by-products;[1]: 19  Cd, Pb, U (S. viminalis);[7] Potassium ferrocyanide (S. babylonica L.)[8]	Phytoextraction. Perchlorate (wetland halophytes).	[7]
Zn	A-	Salvinia molesta	Kariba weeds or water ferns	Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H), Zn(A)	Origin India.	[1]: 898
Zn	1400	Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke (Caryophyllaceae)	Bladder campion			Ernst et al. (1990)
Zn		Spirodela polyrhiza	Giant Duckweed	Cd(H), Cr(H), Ni(H), Pb(H)	Native to North America.	[1]: 891, 898 [28]
Zn	H-10,000	Thlaspi caerulescens (Brassicaceae)	Alpine pennycress	Cd(H), Cr(A), Co(H), Cu(H), Mo, Ni(H), Pb(H)	48 records of plants. May acidify its own rhizosphere, which would facilitate absorption by solubilization of the metal[31]	[1]: 19, 891, 898 [32][33][34][42]
Zn		Trifolium pratense	Red Clover	Nonmetal accumulator.	Its rhizosphere is denser in bacteria than that of Thlaspi caerulescens, but T. caerulescens has relatively more metal-resistant bacteria.[31]

Cs-137 activity was much smaller in leaves of larch and sycamore maple than of spruce: spruce > larch > sycamore maple.