Vegetation 2

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Rainforests Wet littoral rainforest This is the forest to which the term Atlantic Forest Mata Atlantica is usually applied. It is the dominant forest in the coastal lowlands up to an elevation of about 150 meters. Tree heights are generally in 10-15 meters range with emergent trees up to 20 meters. Species characteristic of this type of forest include /Philydor atricapillus, Mionectes rufiventris, Ramphastos vitellinus, Attila rufus, Ramphodon naevius, Phylloscartes paulistus, Merulaxis ater Song 1 , /Rhytipterna simplex etc.<N The Atlantic Rainforest originally extended along the coast into Rio Grande do Sul and is at present found in a more or less degraded form near Parati, Ubatuba, Ilha S<C4>o Sebasti<C4>o, Bertioga, Santos, Peruibe, Iguape and on the Ilha do Cardoso. Pics. 1,2 Mountain rainforest. This wet evergreen forest occurs along the coastal escarpment and in parts of the Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra de Paranapiacaba at elevations from about 150 meters to 800-1000 meters. Below 400 meters species of leguminous plants predominate. Pic. 3, Song 2 Bamboo. Above 500 meters in the mountain rainforest there is often an abundance of bamboos of the genera <f18Guadua<f0 and <f18Merostachys<f0 which build dense thickets. The avifauna of the area includes several endemic bamboo specialists, some of which depend on the seeds of these grasses as a food source. These include /Claravis godefrida, Haplospiza unicolor, Amaurospiza moesta, Sporophila frontalis and /Sporophila falcirostris . Additional species typical of bamboo-dominated forest areas are /Biatas nigropectus Song 2 and 3 , /Psilorhamphus guttatus, Ramphotrigon megacephala and /Hemitriccus diops . Upland rainforest Drier forest occurs on the inland slope of the mountains extending onto the Planato where precipitation, though reduced, still occurs in sufficient quantity in all months of the year to maintain an everygreen type forest. A remnant of this forest type still exists within the S<C4>o Paulo City limits on the Serra Cantareira. A typical species of this region is /Phylloscartes eximius Pic. 4 . Semi-deciduous tropical forest. In this type of forest there is a pronounced dry season. Though now largely gone in our area it was in fact the predominant type of forest cover in the area described in Pic. 5. Remnant forests still occur in areas such as Itirapina and Lencois with more extensive forests well out of the area to the west e.g. Morro do Diabo . Typical species of this area are /Phaeomyias murina, Serpophaga subcristata , and /Elaenia chiriquensis . 441002 /Merulaxis ater , song. Rio Escuro, near Ubatuba, 11<10>22<10>98. Sunny, 20<91>C. Secondary forest. With /Myiodynastes maculatus, Vireo olivaceus, Thraupis cyanoptera .: Mc2 Morning chorus at Fazenda Intervales 11<10>30<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. With /Habia rubica, Chamaeza campanisoma, Chamaeza meruloides, Basileuterus culicivorus, Pyriglena leucoptera, Trogon viridis, Brotogeris tirica, Biatas nigropectus, Anabazenops fuscus, Grallaria varia, Cacicus haemorrhous, Trogon surrucura, Turdus rufiventris .: 441004 /Biatas nigropectus . Fazenda Intervales, 11<10>29<10>97. Sunny, 27<91>C. Secondary forest. With /Drymophila rubricollis, Turdus rufiventris, Carpornis cucullatus, Todirostrum plumbeiceps, Leptotila verreauxi, Cyclarhis gujanensis .: A78 Corisco Trail, Picinguaba, near Ubatuba. Biome of /Rhytipterna simplex .: A90 Jureia. Primary and secondary Atlantic rainforest along coast: A68 Itatiaia, below Hotel Do Ype. Biome of /Phyllomyias burmeisteri .: A19 Dry secondary rainforest in the Serra da Cantareira.: forest . The extent of current and historical rainforest in eastern Brazil ^25 .:

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• Recovered citation ^25 — Brooks, T.

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