Claim · model-written summary
Cupressus arizonica had the highest capacity to absorb and accumulate heavy metals.
- Taxon
- C. arizonica
Hesperocyparis arizonicae7 - Outcome
- capacity to absorb and accumulate heavy metalse7
- Direction
- higheste7
Verbatim
e7“The Metal Accumulation Index (MAI) indicated that C. arizonica had the highest capacity to absorb and accumulate heavy metals”
Title
Zahra Babapour Aliyar; Abbas Banj Shafiei; Nasrin Seyedi; et al. CLEAN - Soil Air Water 2026. doi:10.1002/clen.70086
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Traffic-induced air pollution reduced leaf area, stomatal density and cuticle layer thickness of tree species compared with a control campus site.
- Intervention effect Traffic-induced air pollution reduced total chlorophyll content of tree species compared with a control campus site.
- Intervention effect Traffic-induced air pollution increased electrolyte leakage across all investigated tree species compared with a control campus site.
- Association Heavy metal concentrations, particularly Pb, in soil and leaf samples increased in correlation with rising traffic congestion.
- Observation All studied tree species responded to traffic-related pollution, with varying response intensity.
- Recommendation Cupressus arizonica is the most tolerant and resilient species and an excellent candidate for planting.
- Observation Cupressus arizonica, Pinus nigra and Robinia pseudoacacia have potential as good bioindicators of urban air pollution.
