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Secondary Forest Succession in the Mata Atlantica, Brazil: Floristic and Phytosociological Trends

Table 3

Woody species most characteristic of four secondary forest successional stages in the Mata Atlântica of Santa Catarina.
Successional stageDominan speciesaFive most important speciesIV valuebSuccessional positionc
Seasonal deciduous forest (SDF)
Shrubby6Baccharis calvensces, B. dracunculifolia, B. elaeagnoides, Anonna silvatica, Schinus terebinthifolius.137E
Small trees9Baccharis dracunculifolia, Dalbergia frutescens, Schinus terebinthifolius, Solanum mauritianum, Trema micrantha108E
Arboreal16Alchornea triplinervia, Aloysia virgata, Apuleia leiocarpa, Dahlstedtia pinnata, Nectandra lanceolata64M
Advanced arboreal12Alchornea triplinervia, Cupania vernalis, Nectandra lanceolata, N. megapotamica, Parapiptadenia rigida.100M-L
Mixed ombrophylous forest (MOF)
Shrubby6Baccharis dracunculifolia, B. semiserrata, Eupatorium vauthierianum, Piptocarpha angustifolia, Solanum mauritianum.137E
Small trees9Baccharis dracunculifolia, Matayba elaeagnoides, Mimosa scabrella, Myrsine coriaceae, Sapium glandulatum.100E
Arboreal11Clethra scabra, Matayba elaeagnoides, Mimosa scabrella, Ocotea puberula, O. pulchella.97M
Advanced arboreal11Clethra scabra, Cupania vernalis, Matayba elaeagnoides, Ocotea porosa, O. puberula. 108M-L/U
Dense ombrophylous forest (DOF)
Shrubby6Baccharis dracunculifolia, Dodonaea viscosa, Leandra dasytricha, Myrsine coriaceae, Tibouchina trichotona.115E
Small trees8Miconia cabucu, M. cinnamomifolia, M. rigidiuscula, Myrsine coriaceae, Tibouchina pulchra.133E-M
Arboreal17Hyeronima alchorneoides, Miconia cabucu, M. cinnamomifolia, Myrsine coriaceae, Tibouchina pulchra83M
Advanced arboreal20Euterpe edulis, Marlieria eugeniopsioides, Miconia cinnamomifolia, Psychotria longipes, Tibouchina pulchra.44M-L/U
aDominant species are defined as those species whose summed importance values, when ranked from the highest to lowest, contained 50% of the total for a given stand, after Finegan [14].
bIV: Importance Value, here we include the proportion (from a base of 300) accounted for by the five most important species.
cSuccessional position (E: early successional, M: mid successional, L: late successional, U: understory) of the five most important species.