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Bladder silene ( Silene Vulgaris)
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This delecate plant is almost indistinguishable from the normal bladder silene and belongs to the zinc flora.
The plant has evolved trough cell adjustment, in such a way that it is insenstive to zinc and other heavy metals.
The stores zinc acts as a toxic weapon so that herbivores avoid this.
Because it hardly has any natural enemies, this plant can grow to be 50 years. This plant only grows in the southern part of the Netherlands on the waste mountains of the former Belgium zinc mines.
Bladder silene ( Silene Vulgaris)
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
This delecate plant is almost indistinguishable from the normal bladder silene and belongs to the zinc flora.
The plant has evolved trough cell adjustment, in such a way that it is insenstive to zinc and other heavy metals.
The stores zinc acts as a toxic weapon so that herbivores avoid this.
Because it hardly has any natural enemies, this plant can grow to be 50 years. This plant only grows in the southern part of the Netherlands on the waste mountains of the former Belgium zinc mines.