| Successional stage | Dominan speciesa | Five most important species | IV valueb | Successional positionc |
| Seasonal deciduous forest (SDF) |
| Shrubby | 6 | Baccharis calvensces, B. dracunculifolia, B. elaeagnoides, Anonna silvatica, Schinus terebinthifolius. | 137 | E | Small trees | 9 | Baccharis dracunculifolia, Dalbergia frutescens, Schinus terebinthifolius, Solanum mauritianum, Trema micrantha | 108 | E | Arboreal | 16 | Alchornea triplinervia, Aloysia virgata, Apuleia leiocarpa, Dahlstedtia pinnata, Nectandra lanceolata | 64 | M | Advanced arboreal | 12 | Alchornea triplinervia, Cupania vernalis, Nectandra lanceolata, N. megapotamica, Parapiptadenia rigida. | 100 | M-L |
| Mixed ombrophylous forest (MOF) |
| Shrubby | 6 | Baccharis dracunculifolia, B. semiserrata, Eupatorium vauthierianum, Piptocarpha angustifolia, Solanum mauritianum. | 137 | E | Small trees | 9 | Baccharis dracunculifolia, Matayba elaeagnoides, Mimosa scabrella, Myrsine coriaceae, Sapium glandulatum. | 100 | E | Arboreal | 11 | Clethra scabra, Matayba elaeagnoides, Mimosa scabrella, Ocotea puberula, O. pulchella. | 97 | M | Advanced arboreal | 11 | Clethra scabra, Cupania vernalis, Matayba elaeagnoides, Ocotea porosa, O. puberula. | 108 | M-L/U |
| Dense ombrophylous forest (DOF) |
| Shrubby | 6 | Baccharis dracunculifolia, Dodonaea viscosa, Leandra dasytricha, Myrsine coriaceae, Tibouchina trichotona. | 115 | E | Small trees | 8 | Miconia cabucu, M. cinnamomifolia, M. rigidiuscula, Myrsine coriaceae, Tibouchina pulchra. | 133 | E-M | Arboreal | 17 | Hyeronima alchorneoides, Miconia cabucu, M. cinnamomifolia, Myrsine coriaceae, Tibouchina pulchra | 83 | M | Advanced arboreal | 20 | Euterpe edulis, Marlieria eugeniopsioides, Miconia cinnamomifolia, Psychotria longipes, Tibouchina pulchra. | 44 | M-L/U |
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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.
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