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Resource Number: 17166

Title: Iron (Fe) - Tree Essential Element

Publisher: UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Description: Iron is a universal component of plant life. Trees use iron in a myriad of tasks. Iron (Fe) is a shiny, silver-white, easily corroded metal. Iron can exist as eight isotopes, four stable, one long-lived (~1.5 million years), and three short-lived. Iron was known to early people and its name is from Anglo-Saxon. It is the most common metal in our culture. It is never found in its pure form. Iron is used in steel making. It is one of the few elements which is magnetic.

Last Updated: July 5, 2021

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Domain(s)/Area(S):

• Arboriculture
  • Stress Responses
• Trees
  • Biology & Structure

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Subject
nutrient deficiency
nutrient excess or toxicity (general)
iron deficiency
nutrient cycling