Abstract
In the Maltese Islands the rupestrian communities linked to the crevices of the calcareous rocky walls, represented by the very high cliffs facing the sea and the wadis, are very widespread. In these stands reside several relict endemic species, often having an old Tertiary origin, which are member of very peculiar chasmophilous vegetation of the Asplenietea trichomanis. Another very specialized rock habitat is that interested by percolating or splashed waters, as shady and damp walls, colonized by bryo-pteridophytic communities of Adiantetea:
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Brullo, S., Brullo, C., Cambria, S., Giusso del Galdo, G. (2020). Chasmophilous Vegetation. In: The Vegetation of the Maltese Islands . Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34525-9_6
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