Flora arbórea e construção de um guia fotográfico das principais espécies na trilha do Caxinguelê, Verê-PR

Abstract

The Atlantic Forest is a multibiodiverse biome that has a great richness of plant species, being thus organized into different phyto physiognomies, which have their own characteristics and specificities. On the other hand, currently, forest fragmentation, added to development pressure, put what remains of this biome at risk, being of great importance the creation of educational spaces that aim to sensitize the population. In this sense, the present work aimed to carry out a floristic survey of tree species in an Ecological Trail located in an ecotone between Seasonal Semideciduous Forest and Mixed Ombrophilous Forest, Atlantic Forest biome, in the municipality of Verê (PR), and to build a photographic guide of the species most frequently found in this place. The work is important because it deals with the knowledge of the ecological trail, as well as the recognition of its naturally occurring species, and also makes the environment a tool for teaching botany through a more accessible scientific language, and also addressing topics such as riparian forest and its importance for the preservation and conservation of species as a whole. The floristic survey was carried out by the method of walking on the trail, samples collected were taken to the laboratory, herborized and then identified. Still in the field, photographic records were carried out, and the guide was organized in alphabetical order of the botanical families of the chosen species, with a space of two pages for each species in which the images obtained will be presented, as well as other information about the species, as level of threat of extinction, dispersion and pollination syndromes, ecological group, medicinal and economic uses, also punctuating exotic and invasive species. With this work, a total of 90 tree species in the fragment belonging to 33 families and 77 genera was obtained, of which 4 species are exotic and 3 exotic and invasive. The photographic guide contains 45 especies of the total observed. In this way, it will be used as teaching material promoting Environmental Education and enriching the floristic collections of UTFPR and INCT.