phytoremediation strategies. For this we evaluated the distribution and chemical
fractionation of heavy metals in soils and their accumulation or exclusion by native plant
species growing in an abandoned Pb/Zn mine in NW Spain. Mine-soils (I= 0–20 cm, II= 20–
40 cm) and shoots of the dominant plants were sampled at 39 sampling points in a (100 m×
100 m) regular grid at two sites (mine zone (MZ) and tailing ponds (TP)). Total metal …