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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]
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.
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.
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)
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]
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 ...