"Jo Schaper" |
| I don't know the answer to your question, but I would look at
| Equisetum-- aka scouring rushes. They have extremely high Si uptake. As
| a primitive plant whose chlorosphyll is incorporated in the stems, the
| Si, is used as a supporting structure.
|
| Also, the Na, K, Ca group are also metals utilized by plants.



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Panskinu & Zeeuw
Textbook of Wood Technology
McGraw Hill 1980

Note - The heartwood of several tropical trees are immune to the attack of marine bores.One group
contains more than 2% silica, e.g., genera Licania and Parinari and several special of the genus
Eschweilera form S America.

Salt (sodium chloride) was/is obtained from plants by several groups of inland tropical native groups.


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donald j haarmann
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There are more things in heaven and
earth, Horatio.
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
The Melancholy Dane