Brazil Travel / Ecosystems - Pioneer Formations / (
Formações Pioneiras) is the name given to the group of
ecosystems
of the
Atlantic
Rainforest / (
Mata Atlântica)
which occur in the lowlands of the coastal plains.
According to their level of influence by fresh or saltwater, three main systems can be distinguished:
• restinga (marine influence)
• mangrove (fluvial - marine influence)
• caxetal (fluvial influence)