Name:
Brazilian Atlantic Coastal Beach & Dune Macrogroup
Reference:
NatureServe Biotics 2019
Description:
This macrogroup includes two vegetation types occurring along the Atlantic Coast in Brazil, the locally known "restingas" and the dune vegetation of the Amazon River delta. The restingas group a variety of vegetation types that represent the process of stabilization of the dunes through stages of vegetation colonization. The coastal plain can extend in some places 40 to 50 km inland. The communities develop on marine sedimentary sands or podzolized sands of the coastal fringe, and also associated with the inner lagoon systems. Due to the process of succession (natural and induced) and mosaics and gradients in the substrate from the coast inland, the vegetation has varied physiognomies from open to closed scrub forests. Depending of the developmental stage, some of the characteristic species of the restingas are <i>Allagoptera arenaria, Byrsonima gardneri, Bonnetia stricta, Clusia lanceolata, Clusia hilariana, Clusia fluminensis, Cassia australis, Senna uniflora (= Cassia uniflora), Croton sellowii, Erythroxylum ovalifolium, Eugenia nitida, Eugenia uniflora, Eugenia ovalifolia, Lagenocarpus rigidus, Pouteria psamophila, Manilkara subsericea, Mimosa lewisii, Myrcia lundiana, Phyllanthus angustissimus, Pilocereus arrabidae, Rheedia brasiliensis, Aechmea lingulata, Billbergia amoena, Hohenbergia</i> spp., and <i>Syngonanthus</i> sp. On the coastal plain close to the Amazon River mouth, the podzolized sands are more common due to the humid weather. This substrate is nutrient-poor and the vegetation is a more open scrub dominated by <i>Chrysobalanus icaco, Hibiscus tiliaceus, Byrsonima crassifolia, Ipomoea pes-caprae</i>, and <i>Manilkara triflora</i>.
Accession Code:
urn:lsid:vegbank.org:commConcept:40941-{C832EFB3-FC44-4428-95A8-0553984AEE3F}
Plot-observations of this Community Concept:
0
|
