Typical trees include white poplar, willow and grey elm. Typical plants include great reed and Sicilian squill. Rock Pools form in winter on small depressions found on karstland. Water-crowfoot is atypical plant found in rock pools. Such land has been degraded by human activities.
Typical flora includes grasses and annuals, most of which are alien species.
Alien species in such habitat include eucalyptus, castor oil tree, crown daisy, cape sorrel and prickly pear. The birds The number of species recorded in Malta is 375 with a great number of vagrants. 200 is more or less the number recorded annually. If one wants to bird watch in Malta timing is of the utmost importance. Few birds breed on Malta so summer is pretty quiet.