Indagini briologiche in aree urbane: diversità briofitica dei centri abitati di Erice(Trapani) e Belmonte Mezzagno (Palermo).

Bryologic surveys in urban areas: bryophyte diversity of the population centers of Erice (province of Trapani)and Belmonte Mezzagno ((province of Palermo). The bryophytic flora of the towns of Erice (Trapani) and Belmonte Mezzagno(Palermo) have been studied. The first consists of 53 taxa (42 mosses and 11 liverwort), two of which are new forthe province of Trapani, the second of 40 taxa (38 mosses and 2 liverworts), one of which new for the province of Palermo.A comparison between the studied bryofloras and those of other Sicilian urban areas shows that Erice’s bryophytic flora is,given its size, rich in species and families.