Araucaria

Brazilian Araucaria moist forests are bordered on the north and west by Paraná-Paranaíba forests, on the south by the Pampas, and on the east by Serra do Mar moist forests. Most of this ecoregion is on sedimentary rocks of the Paraná Plateaus. The climate is subtropical with frequent frosts and with no dry season. Annual precipitation shows a significant variation between 1,300 mm and 3,000 mm (Hueck 1972). Soils throughout the ecoregion range from fertile latosols to impoverished lithosols. Forests are spread from middle-level plateaus, 500 m elevation, to the high slopes of Serra da Mantiqueira, 1,600 m elevation (Klein 1960, Hueck 1972). Area Code: XXX