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Re: INDICATOR PLANTS - REPLY - dirk.txt [1/1]
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Subject: Re: INDICATOR PLANTS - REPLY - dirk.txt [1/1]
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From: m8827@oden.abc.se (Lars Magnusson)
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Date: 4 Jan 1995 19:30:58 GMT
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Article: 4573 of bionet.plants
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Followup-To: sci.geo.geology,sci.geo.hydrology,bionet.plants
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Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology, sci.geo.hydrology, bionet.plants
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Organization: ABC-Klubben
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References: <3eb7lv$abk@gina.zfn.uni-bremen.de> <3edup8$hs8@wabe.csir.co.za>
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Xref: bigblue.oit.unc.edu sci.geo.geology:15832 sci.geo.hydrology:894 bionet.plants:4573
Dirk Lamprecht (dlamprec@stellbos.csir.co.za) wrote:
: In article <3eb7lv$abk@gina.zfn.uni-bremen.de>, schuring@alf.zfn.uni-bremen.de (Joachim Schuering) says:
: >
: >I am interested in the use of plants as indicators for for geological and
......
: I once heard that in Zambia there is a specific flower growing on copper rich soils.
: Have never seen one.
: We have a succulent in our garden which is supposed to extract heavy metals out of the soils. I still have to confirm it by doing
Here in Sweden there is a coppermine Viscaria (some 10 k's from Kiruna
ironmine). That was found with help of a small arctic(?) flower with the
latin name Viscaria something. I have a vauge memory that Greenland
Geological Survey (Vaster Farimaggade ??, Copenhagen, Denmark), were
using differents biological indicators, during a period in the mid-80:ies,
as well as some of the other nordic geo-surveys. Since I left geoscience
at that time, my recollection is a bit blurred concerning bio-prospecting.
But You'll should be able to find people within the nordic geo-surveys,
try postmaster@sgu.se to see if they can forward any inquiries. GGU is
to my knowledge not on the net, specially if they have moved up to Greenland
during the last 2 years.
Lars M