Biodiversity conservation in cities: Defining habitat analogues for plant species of conservation interest
Fig 5
Illlustrated scene for sidewalk functioning as a habitat analogue for M. crassifolia.
The cracks in the concrete of the sidewalk due to poor management and the adjacent sandstone wall resemble coastal cliffs occupied by the species. Small and medium-sized therophytes like Plantago coronopus L. abd Polycarpon tetraphyllum are often observed occupying such spaces.