This work was developed in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest, owned by Biovert Farm in Silva Jardim-RJ, Brazil to characterize and analyze the arboreous community structure occurring along an anthropically modified toposequence, to determine adequate criteria for its management and recuperation. The floristic composition and the phytosociological structure of the forest covering were studied. Data were collected from sample plots of 600 m², which were divided according to the topography into lower, middle, and upper slope, located in a soil toposequence. The common and scientif names and the diameter at breast height (DBH) were recorded for every individual. In the floristic composition survey, 43 families, 95 genera and 129 species were determined. Shannon diversity index (H') was 4.137 nats/individual. The most important species (VI) were: Euterpe edulis, Cecropia glaziovii, Astrocaryum aculeatissimum and Piptadenia gonoacantha.
Atlantic Forest; floristic composition; phytosociology; toposequence
