Ferric iron rhizosphere

Oxidized root channels have been observed for few species, including rice (0. saliva), cattails, reeds, Spartina sp., Carex sp., and Potomogeton sp. (see review by Mendelssohn et al., 1995). The iron-em-iched plaques essentially consist of FeOOH minerals (Bacha and Hossner, 1977). Iron plaque may be amorphous or crystalline, in the forms of iron such as ferric hydroxides, goethite, lepidocrocite, and siderite. Iron oxides or hydroxides in rhizosphere have high affinity for metals and metalloids. 

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