. As Kowarik (2011)
points out, urban areas may be more species rich compared to their
surrounding environments. Urban floristic diversity is driven by
anthropogenic biophysical changes in the landscape and human
choice in revegetation (Pincetl, 2012) as well as urban morphology (e.g. dense high-rise towers versus low-density suburbs) and
climate. These are significantly different drivers of species diversity than in non-urban environments