Lithophyte
![Nepenthes sp. Misool growing as a lithophyte in Raja Ampat, New Guinea](/Images/godic/202501/11/RajaAmpatNep130927.jpg")
![Rock Felt Fern, Elkhorn fern, Birds Nest Fern and moss growing on Hawkesbury Sandstone at Chatswood West, Australia](/Images/godic/202501/11/Lithophytes_at_Chatswood_West0927.jpg")
Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. Those that grow on rocks are also known as epipetric or epilithic plants. Lithophytes feed off nutrients from rain water and nearby decaying plants, including their own dead tissue. Chasmophytes grow in fissures in rocks where soil or organic matter has accumulated.