A floristic survey of the pteridoflora at the Mata do Estado, located in the Municipality of São Vicente Férrer, Mata Norte (Atlantic Forest) Zone in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, was performed. The study was developed in this area, due to its great extension of ca. 600ha, and also because of a great of diversity pteridophytes , result of a humidity gradient where the environmental and physical factors such as the altitude levels and the,, precipitation, as well as the distribution of those precipitations has fundamental importance for the vegetation of the area. Traditional methods were used to carry out the floristic survey. The usual methods and specialized literature were utilized for the analysis and identification of the collected specimens. Illustrations and geographic distribution of the species are presented, and also a description of new reference species and comments on families, genera and species. The work aims to contribute to a better floristic and ecological understanding of the pteridoflora of the Atlantic Forest Reserves located in the mountainous region of the Northeastern Brazil. The family Pteridaceae is represented in the studied area with by twenty especies distributed in seven genera (Pityrogramma Link, Adiantopsis Fee, Hemionitis L. with and Acrostichum L. with one specie each; Doryopteris J. Sm. with four species; Adiantum L. with nine species and Pteris L. a tree species and one variety). Adiantum humile Kunze is a new reference for the state of Pernambuco.
Floristic; pteridophytes; Pteridaceae; Atlantic Forest
