The content characteristics of 16 elements (Al, Ca, Cr, Cu, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Mo, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Sr, and Zn) in 23 plant species
collected from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau permafrost region were investigated using ICP-OES. Results show that the average
contents of Ca, K, Mg, Fe and P were higher than 1,000 mg/kg, those of Al, Na, Zn and Cr ranged between 10–1,000 mg/kg and
those of Cu, Li, Pb and Mo were less than 10 mg/kg. The levels of Al, Ca, K, Mg and Na were within the scope of the reported
terrestrial plant element content, those of Sr, Fe and Cr were higher than the average of the terrestrial plants and the maximum
content of Mn was higher than the upper limit of the reported Mn content. The main character of the element content was of the
Ca>K type, however, in terms of Cyperaceae species the element content character was K>Ca type. The contents of Ca, Li, Mg
and Sr in Gramineae and Cyperaceae species were higher than those in other species and the contents of Ca, K, Mg, Fe, P, Al and
Na in all collected plants were higher than those of other elements. Zn had weak variability with the lowest coefficient (i.e.,
7.81%), while other elements had strong variability. The ratio of maximum content to minimum content indicated Ca and K had
less change than other elements in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau permafrost region. Element content of alpine vegetation in the
Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau permafrost region mainly shows a positive correlation, among which the correlation coefficient between
Al and Pb, Al and Fe, Mo and Cr, Pb and Fe, Sr and Li were higher than 0.9, and negative correlation had no statistical significance.
The correlation between Al and Fe, Mg, Mn in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau permafrost region were consistent with that reported
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