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FLORISTIC COMPOSITION AND BIOLOGICAL SPECTRA IN SANTA BARBARA ECOLOGICAL STATION, BRAZIL
Meira Neto, João Augusto Alves, Martins, Fernando Roberto, & Valente, Gilmar Edilberto. (2007). Composição florística e espectro biológico na Estação Ecológica de Santa Bárbara, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Revista Árvore, 31(5), 907-922.
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Joao Augusto Alves Meira Neto
Only few surveys were carried out on woody and ground layer floras of the Brazilian Cerrado.
The objective of this survey was to investigate richness, floristic patterns and biological spectra of different
phytophysiognomies on both strata at Santa Bárbara Ecological Station (EESB). EESB is located in the
Municipality of Águas de Santa Bárbara, São Paulo State, Brazil (22o 46´ 30´´ to 22o 50´ 30´´S and 49o
10´ 30´´ to 49o 15´30´´ W, 600 to 680m high). A total of 14 angiospermic species were found, 285 of these
in Cerrado sensu lato physiognomies. The richest families in species number were Asteraceae, Fabaceae,
Myrtaceae and Poaceae. Asteraceae, Fabaceae and Poaceae were the richest families similar to other Cerrado’s
sites. The EESB biological spectra have patterns similar to other Cerrados, but with one change: chamaephytes
were richer than hemycryptophytes in the open savannic physiognomies of EESB. Fire protection may be
the reason of this alteration.