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Ornamental Plant Cultivation Using Vermiculite-Lizardite Mining Waste in the Industrial Zone of the Subarctic

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In this study, we discuss the possibility of cultivation of ornamental plants on vermiculite-lizardite wastes in the zone impacted by the operation of copper-nickel smelter (Monchegorsk, Murmansk region). The overburdened rocks of phlogopite ores’ deposit (Murmansk region, Russia), composed mainly of vermiculite and lizardite minerals, were used as substrate for plant growth. In all, 23 plant species of ornamental plants (predominantly succulents, Crassulaceae) were planted as seedlings in the 10 cm thick layer of mining waste. The multiplication factor of the most ornamental species reached 17. In the case of some succulents (Saxifraga spp., Primula minima L., Sedum acre L.), this factor was 232. Intensive self-propagation of Sagina saginoides (L.) Karst has been noted. The development of Viscaria alpina Bemh. from the seeds formed in the first year of the experiment was described. Obtained technique can be used for greening of northern cities, including lands near industrial facilities.

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This study was supported by RFBR grant 16-35-60022 and ‘Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company’ JSC.

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  1. N.A. Avrorin Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute, RAS, 184209, Akademgorodok 18a, Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia

    Liubov’ Ivanova

  2. I.V. Tananaev Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Materials, Kola Science Centre, RAS, 184209, Akademgorodok 26a, Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia

    Marina Slukovskaya & Irina Kremenetskaya

  3. Mining Institute, Kola Science Centre, RAS, 184209, Fersmanast. 24, Apatity, Murmansk Region, Russia

    Svetlana Alekseeva

  4. Escuela de Agronomía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2260000, Quillota, Chile

    Alexander Neaman

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Correspondence to Marina Slukovskaya .

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  1. RUDN University , Moscow, Russia

    Viacheslav Vasenev

  2. RUDN University , Moscow, Russia

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  3. City University of New York , Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Zhongqi Cheng

  4. DIBAF, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

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  5. National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET), Porano, Terni, Italy

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Ivanova, L., Slukovskaya, M., Kremenetskaya, I., Alekseeva, S., Neaman, A. (2020). Ornamental Plant Cultivation Using Vermiculite-Lizardite Mining Waste in the Industrial Zone of the Subarctic. In: Vasenev, V., Dovletyarova, E., Cheng, Z., Valentini, R., Calfapietra, C. (eds) Green Technologies and Infrastructure to Enhance Urban Ecosystem Services. SSC 2018. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16091-3_22

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