Plants vs Pollution Salicornia depressa as a Potential Tool for Bioremediation
Channel: UMass Nantucket Field Station
Date: 2021-01-22

Salicornia is found in marshes on Nantucket, where it can grow in salty water, is edible and brought Alice Palmer of the University of Massachusetts Boston to visit the Nantucket Field Station. Alice will speak on Salicornia's ability to accumulate pollutants and examples of past successful phytoremediation projects. A discussion follows the talk.