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Some Experiments on the Nutrition of Plants growing on Coal Mine Waste Heaps

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COLONIZATION of abandoned pit heaps in Britain begins after a few years with the appearance of scattered grasses and herbs which gradually spread until eventually they form a more or less complete cover. At some stage during the development of this grass/herb community, shrubs and trees begin to colonize the heaps and these in turn spread until after a period of from thirty to a hundred years closed woodland may be formed1.

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DAVISON, A., JEFFERIES, B. Some Experiments on the Nutrition of Plants growing on Coal Mine Waste Heaps. Nature 210, 649–650 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210649a0

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