Análise fitossociológica de mata de restinga na Ilha de Maiandeua- Maracanã- Pará

Abstract

The phytosociological analysis was carried out in the restinga vegetation formation called Myrtaceae forest, which has the beach as its anterior boundary and a grassland formation as its posterior boundary. The forest under study has small size, with individuals on average 4m tall, is not very dense and with high light incidence. According to the Importance Value Index (IVI), the species that stand out are: Protium heptaphyllum (Aubl.) March, Myrcia multiflora (Lam.) D.C., Myrcia fallax (Richard) D.C., Matayba discolor Aubl. 104 individuals were detected, distributed in 17 families, with the Myrtaceae family presenting the highest number of species (8), followed by the families Rubiaceae (3), Guttiferae, Sapotaceae, Ochnaceae and Malpighiaceae (2). In the understory, the predominance is of individuals of Bromeliaceae, Araceae and terrestrial Orchidaceae.