Table 2 Zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd) mean concentrations in roots (R), rosette leaves (RL), stem leaves (SL), and rhizosphere (RS) of A. halleri (A) and A. arenosa (B) growing on the Bolesław (BOL) and Bukowno (BUK) waste heap areas as well as the reference Bolestraszyce (BCE) one.

(A.)

 Zn

498 ± 27.73

11,656 ± 1,768^a

5027 ± 1,314^b

945 ± 581

6075 ± 1,486^a

1264 ± 282^b

4134 ± 64.63^a

4233 ± 886^a

 Pb

82.72 ± 37.47

26.26 ± 6.45

20 ± 8

314 ± 148^a

1698 ± 485

12.08 ± 0.96^a

182 ± 70.89^b

378 ± 129^b

 Cd

5.51 ± 1.37

0 ± 0^a

0 ± 0^a

3.29 ± 0.99

31.59 ± 8.61

3.46 ± 4.89^a

1.98 ± 0.79^a

26.29 ± 6.72

(B.)

 Zn

502 ± 31.49

2445 ± 238^a

3522 ± 136^b

761 ± 128^c

7856 ± 1320

2782 ± 172^a

5136 ± 284^b

3160 ± 971^a

83.41 ± 2.52

108 ± 48

231 ± 71

119 ± 51

 Pb

79.87 ± 12.69

13 ± 5^a

0 ± 0^b

288 ± 129^c

2418 ± 526

106 ± 48^a

71 ± 10^a

1115 ± 199^b

9.86 ± 2.20^a

2.89 ± 2.19

1.90 ± 0.40

3.32 ± 0.25

 Cd

4.89 ± 0.97

0 ± 0^a

0 ± 0^b

13.12 ± 1.78^c

32 ± 6.61

13 ± 5^a

1.32 ± 0.26^b

15 ± 2^a

2.51 ± 0.12^a

0 ± 0

1.13 ± 0.02

0 ± 0