Аннотация:In this paper, the elemental analysis of typical plants forming a stable
association in the landscaping areas of the Donbass slag heaps was carried
out. Initial geobotanical descriptions and botanical-toxicological
experiments were carried out for seven slag heaps (Donetsk and Makeevka
cities) to identify typical plant communities and their state under
technogenic load on colliery waste dumps. In the 52-element composition
of plant samples, pairwise correlations and co-pollution groups were
determined in the migration activity of toxic compounds in plant tissues.
Statistical accounting of concentration capacity indices of soil plants was
carried out to identify the highest concentrations, which are considered as
toxic in the phytoprobe. It was found that colliery waste dumps in the state
of 50-60 years of plant overgrowth (succession) is a chronic threat of
increasing geochemical contrast in the region and directly in urban
residential areas. The assumption that the remote and indirect effect of
military events in Donbass may contribute additional geochemical
contamination in the spoil heaps of central cities has not been confirmed.
The morphological plasticity of plants and forms of teratogenesis of
vegetative and generative organs were considered as indicator effects of
specific contaminations on spoil heaps. The analysis of the most stable
plant populations in anthropogenic objects and information on the
peculiarities of elemental composition in geosystems is the basis for plant
selection and effective use in phytoremediation of disturbed ecotopes. The
conducted experiment is unique for the territory of the Central Donbass
(2014-2024) to identify biogeochemical characteristics in open landscape
systems of anthropogenic origin.