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FLORISTIC OF SHRUB-TREE VEGETATION COLONIZING AN AREA DEGRADED BY KAOLIN MINING, IN BRÁS PIRES, MG
Araújo, Fernanda Squizzatto de, Martins, Sebastião Venâncio, Meira Neto, João Augusto Alves, Lani, João Luiz, & Pires, Ismael Eleotério. (2005). Florística da vegetação arbustivo - arbórea colonizadora de uma área degradada por mineração de caulim, em Brás Pires, MG. Revista Árvore, 29(6), 983-992.
Autores
Joao Augusto Alves Meira Neto
This study aimed to analyze the floristic composition of shrub-tree vegetation colonizing an
area degraded by kaolin mining in Brás Pires, MG, compare it with other forest fragments and characterize
ecological aspects of species and soil of the area. The sampled area was 0.5 ha subdivided in 50 grid plots
of 10x10 meters each. All individuals included had CAP equal or larger than 10cm. The floristic composition
is the result of the sampled area plus species collected outside of it. A total of 64 species was obtained, distributed
in 50 genera and 30 families. The families with the greater number of species were Leguminosae (11), Annonaceae
(5), Lauraceae e Melastomataceae (4), while the richest genus was Machaerium (3). The soil analysis revealed
that it had not impaired the vegetation colonization. The main dispersal syndrome was zoochorous, showing
the importance of remnant individuals, surroundings forest fragments and its fauna. The greatest floristic
similarity occurred in Cruzeiro, SP, being both areas at the same successional stage.