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Itineraries
SW flank of Mt. Cofano, with Pistacio lentisci-Chamaeropetum humilis in the foreground,
Helictotricho convoluti-Ampelodesmetum mauritanici on the talus slope and Scabio-
so-Centaureetum ucriae on vertical cliffs.
Husbandry is still performed along the eastern flank of Mt. Cofano: cattle grazing leads
to the establishment of Carlino siculae-Feruletum communis, here beneath still surviving
elements of the maquis (Chamaerops humilis and Pistacia lentiscus)
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