Non-arboreal vascular flora in a reforestation implanted with native seedlings

ABSTRACT

Non-arboreal life forms, such as herbs, vines, and subshrubs, have rarely been assessed in monitoring of reforestations that aim at restoration ecology. This study aimed to assess the non-arboreal species from a reforestation implanted with a composition of Seasonal Semi-deciduous Forest, nine years after the plantation. The results showed high number of non-arboreal species, from which, the ones established by natural regeneration, had more species than the tree layer. We found one rare and one critically endangered species that revealed the importance of non-arboreal flora for the conservation of biodiversity and as a potential indicator for monitoring in restoration process.

natural regeneration; restoration ecology; RPPN