restinga

On sand coastal soils, there is restinga vegetation which, depending on the distance to the shore, includes from humid prairies and shrubs to low forests.

Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Brazil 2009

Its waterlogged forests are formed of three main communities: tall forested restinga, flooded no more than 2.5 meters (m) deep, more open low restinga flooded deeper than 2.5 m, and chavascai shrub-swamp.

Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil 2008

The area of restinga is about 44.3% of the reserve, chavascai covers about 14.2%, open water 10.2% and other areas 31.3%.

Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Brazil 2008

A vegetação sobre a restinga em Caraguatatuba, SP.

Atlantic Coast restingas 2007

A fauna da restinga do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: Passado, presente e futuro.

Atlantic Coast restingas 2007

Thus, restinga forests are usually described as a mosaic of pioneer vegetation, which form a specific type of the Atlantic forest complex.

Atlantic Coast restingas 2007

Most researchers regard restinga forests as closely related to the humid types of Atlantic forest, since these two vegetation complexes border each other and share several species.

Atlantic Coast restingas 2007

This ecoregion's isolation and unique characteristics help support a relatively high diversity of plants and moderate level of endemism, including the endemic restinga antwren.

Atlantic Coast restingas 2007

Also found in restinga forests are several species threatened with extinction, including plants (Bumelia capitata and Jacquinia brasiliensis), an amphibian (Aparasphenodon brunoi), a bird (Herpsilochmus pectoralis) and a mammal (Lutra longicaudis).

Atlantic Coast restingas 2007

Brazilian Atlantic Coast restingas consist of three well-defined enclaves of restinga forests distributed from northeastern to southeastern Brazil.

Atlantic Coast restingas 2007