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The conifer Brazilian araucaria (Araucaria angustifolia) forms an emergent layer, growing up to 45 metres (148 ft) in height. The forests are significant from an evolutionary perspective, as a relict of mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests that were once much more widespread, and are home to many taxa characteristic of the Antarctic flora.
Solimões–Japurá moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Peru) Southwest Amazon moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru) Tapajós–Xingu moist forests ; Tepuis (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela) Tocantins–Araguaia–Maranhão moist forests ; Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname)
Araucaria (/ æ r ɔː ˈ k ɛər i ə /; original pronunciation: [a.ɾawˈka. ɾja]) [ 2 ] is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae . While today they are largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere , during the Jurassic and Cretaceous they were globally distributed.
Purus–Madeira moist forests (Brazil) Rio Negro campinarana (Brazil, Colombia) Solimões–Japurá moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Peru) Southwest Amazon moist forests (Bolivia, Brazil, Peru) Tapajós–Xingu moist forests (Brazil) Tocantins–Araguaia–Maranhão moist forests (Brazil) Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests (Brazil, Guyana, Suriname)
Tocantins–Araguaia–Maranhão moist forests: Brazil: Trinidad and Tobago moist forests: Trinidad and Tobago: Trindade-Martin Vaz Islands tropical forests: Brazil: Uatuma–Trombetas moist forests: Brazil, Guyana, Suriname: Ucayali moist forests: Peru: Venezuelan Andes montane forests: Colombia, Venezuela: Veracruz moist forests: Mexico ...
The coast of California north of San Francisco contains the Northern California coastal forests (as defined by the WWF) and the southern section of the Coast Range ecoregion (as defined by the EPA). This ecoregion is dominated by redwood forest, containing the tallest and some of the oldest trees in the world. [22]
Jackson Demonstration State Forest: 48,652 acres (196.89 km 2) Mendocino: Fort Bragg: 1949 [3] Las Posadas State Forest: 796 acres (3.22 km 2) Napa: Angwin [2] LaTour Demonstration State Forest: 9,033 acres (36.56 km 2) Shasta: Redding: 1949 [4] Mount Zion Demonstration State Forest: 164 acres (0.66 km 2) Amador - 1981 [2] Mountain Home ...
The Serra do Mar coastal forests lie to the south, on the Atlantic side of the Serra do Mar range. The Alto Paraná Atlantic forests wrap around the north, east, and south of the Araucaria moist forests , which cover a higher-elevation portion of the plateau in Paraná, Santa Catarina, and northern Rio Grande do Sul states.