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The result of monitoring of natural vegetation growing on oil-contaminated (2.0–75.6 g/kg) and uncontaminated (0.04–2.0 g/kg) soils of a petroleum refinery for a period of 13 years is presented. Floristic studies showed that the families Poaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, and eventually Brassicaceae were predominant in the vegetation cover of both types of soils. Over time, the projective vegetation cover of the contaminated sites increased from 46 to 90%; the species diversity increased twofold: in the ecological-cenotic structure of the flora, the number of ruderal plant species decreased; and the number of steppe, i.e., zonal, plant species increased. Using 62 dominant plant species, we conducted a field study of plant characteristics such as resistance to oil pollution, the ability to enrich the rhizosphere soil with microorganisms and bioavailable mineral nitrogen, and reduction of the concentration of petroleum hydrocarbons. The results enable us to characterize the phytoremediation potential (PRP) of the native plants and identify species that, probably, played a key role in the natural restoration of oil-contaminated soils. Statistical analysis showed correlations between the PRP constituents, and the leading role of rhizosphere microorganisms in the rhizodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons was proven. A conditional value of PRP was proposed which allowed the investigated plants to be ranked in 11 classes. The study of a large sample of plant species showed that some plants held promise for the use in reclamation of soils in arid steppe zone, and that other species can be used for the rehabilitation of saline soils and semideserts.
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We are very grateful to the Environmental Protection Department of Saratov Petroleum Refinery for cooperation and help in the conduct of this research.
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Panchenko, L., Muratova, A., Dubrovskaya, E. et al. Dynamics of natural revegetation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil and remediation potential of indigenous plant species in the steppe zone of the southern Volga Uplands. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25, 3260–3274 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0710-y
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