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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.
The Araucárias Biological Reserve is one of the last remaining areas in the Araucária forest with conservation potential. It is home to endangered species and archaeological sites. The area holds significant areas of floodplains, swamps and gallery forest. [2] The reserve is a "strict nature reserve" under IUCN protected area category Ia. [3]
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.
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)
Napo moist forests (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) Negro–Branco moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela) Paramaribo swamp forests (Guyana, Suriname) Purus várzea (Brazil) Purus–Madeira moist forests (Brazil) Rio Negro campinarana (Brazil, Colombia) Solimões–Japurá moist forests (Brazil, Colombia, Peru) Southwest Amazon moist forests ...
The name araucana is derived from the native Araucanians who used the nuts (seeds) of the tree in Chile – a group of Araucanians living in the Andes, the Pehuenches, owe their name to their diet based on the harvesting of the A. araucaria seeds; hence from pewen or its Hispanicized spelling pehuen which means Araucaria and che means people in ...
Caatinga enclaves moist forests: Brazil: Caquetá moist forests: Brazil, Colombia: Catatumbo moist forests: Venezuela: Cauca Valley montane forests: Colombia: Cayos Miskitos–San Andrés and Providencia moist forests: Colombia, Nicaragua: Central American Atlantic moist forests: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama: Central American montane forests
Tropical seasonal forests, also known as moist deciduous, monsoon or semi-evergreen (mixed) seasonal forests, have a monsoon or wet savannah climates (as in the Köppen climate classification): receiving high overall rainfall with a warm summer wet season and (often) a cooler winter dry season. Some trees in these forests drop some or all of ...