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Floristic composition of a mesophyllous semideciduous forest fragment, in São Carlos-SP

This study aimed to carry out a floristic survey of a semideciduous forest. The area is a secondary forest, located in São Carlos, SP, coordinates 21º55'' S and 47º48'' W. The annual average rain precipitation is 1,440 mm. The annual average temperature varies from 15.63 ºC to 26.82 ºC. In the floristic survey 146 species were identified, distributed within 44 families and 96 genera. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H') was 3.45 nats/ind. There was little similarity with other forest fragments of similar vegetation in the state of São Paulo, by the Sörensen Index.

Floristic survey; forest fragment; semideciduous forest


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