“…The only exceptional case that we observed was Güğü village, Dursunbey, Balıkesir Province (soil A1), where low-grade ore was spread at the surface in spite of frequent narrow, deep veins at the other mining areas studied. Volunteer species in the growth chamber were P. bulbosa (Kin, 2008), Silene compacta Fisher (Hagemeyer, 2004), and P. lanceolata (Cook et al, 1972), which were all reported as metalloresistant species. Those species were all selected as test plants for further experiments, as well as H. circinnatus as a potential hyperaccumulator after the initial experiments and T. praecox as a well-known Cd hyperaccumulator plant species.…”