en Environmental Health, Sciences, and Engineering Environmental Health, Sciences, and Engineering پژوهشي Original Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>Background:</strong> Phytoremediation is a method in which plants are used to absorb pollutants. Heavy metals, through competition with nutrients elements, have a significant effect on their distribution in the plant.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> In this study, seedlings were exposed to different concentrations (0.50, 100 and 150 ppm) of cadmium nitrate during a growing period in a completely random design with three replications. Then the value of cadmium uptake was measured by atomic absorption device in different organs of <em>c.aronia</em> and <em>j. polycarpos</em> (root, stem and leaf).<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The obtained results of the analysis of variance showed traits such as stem length, basal diameter, and root length were significantly affected by cadmium metal &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<em>P</em> < 0.01).It was also observed that cadmium accumulation in the root and aerial parts of the plant increased with increasing cadmium concentration, and cadmium accumulation in the root tissues was higher in all treatments than aerial parts. In addition, heavy metals reduced the concentration of all nutrientelements in leaves and stems of seedlings.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> According to the results, Seedlings of <em>c.aronia</em> and <em>j. polycarpos</em> can be suggested as stabilizing varieties for remediation of Cadmium polluted soils. It is worth to note that <em>j. polycarpos</em>, in comparison with <em>c.aronia</em>, is better absorbent of Cadmium.</span></span></div> Cadmium, Crataegus aronia, Juniperus polycarpos, Nutrients, Phytoremediation 188 194 http://jhehp.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-265-6&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Majid Maani jurakmaani@yahoo.com 10031947532846009789 10031947532846009789 No Department of Forestry, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran. Mir Mozaffar Fallahchai Mir_mozaffar@yahoo.com 10031947532846009790 10031947532846009790 Yes Department of Forestry, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran. Fatemeh Shariati 10031947532846009791 10031947532846009791 No Department of Environment,Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University ,Lahijan, Iran.