Occurrence of Trace Heavy Metals in Leaves of Urban Greening Plants in Fuxin, Northeast China: Spatial Distribution & Plant Purification Assessment

Trace element analysis, in the leaves of five kinds greening plants (Buxus, Picea, Pine, Juniperus and Platycladus) from eight uniform distribution sites Fuxin, a typical traditional resource-based city northeast China, was carried out to study purification ability difference urban spatial tendency heavy metal elements whole area. In terms Platycladus had better environmental capacity for Cd, As, Pb Cr. also showed certain potential Cu. Furthermore, Mn has highest point mean content all plants, ranging 64.044–114.290 µg/g, MnPA Buxus 60% higher than that other three which effect. pollution source location climate factors (mainly wind factor) were main controlling factors. However, specificity suggested its polluting behavior close relation with minerals transportation during exploiting transferring city’s coal mining industry past.