Rainforest Ecosystems

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)