“…The particularly high tolerance of P. australis ("common reed") to increased nutrient and toxic heavy metal loads, and its capacity to accumulate large amounts of both in its tissue, has led to its extensive use in phytoremediation practices in wetlands, especially for controlling phosphorus concentrations (e.g., Ahmad et al, 2014;Carricondo et al, 2020;Srivastava et al, 2014). The potential of L. stolonifera and L. salicaria to mitigate environmental pollution is likewise being increasingly investigated and acknowledged (e.g., Elifantz & Tel-Or, Galal et al, 2020;Nicholls & Mal, 2003;Saleh et al, 2019;Wang et al, 2012Wang et al, ,2021, although these species appear less suitable for phosphorus removal than P. australis. Despite its phytoremedial properties, and unlike the other two species, L. salicaria has been discussed as a potential threat, at least for some amphibian species.…”